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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Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

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....

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

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

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

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend...

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

A woman must have money and a room of her own.

A woman must have money and a room of her own.

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will...

If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will...