It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us....

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us....

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...

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

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...

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other...

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other...

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...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

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...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

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 -...

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations,...

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations,...