It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Women Quotes

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following...

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following...

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes...

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes...

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and...

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and...

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats -...

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats -...

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I...

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain...

A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain...

A woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write...

A woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

From age to age, nothing changes, and yet everything ..... is completely different.

From age to age, nothing changes, and yet everything ..... is completely different.

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...