It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Age Quotes, Catastrophes Quotes

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

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?

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...

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...

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

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 want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing:...

I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing:...

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

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...

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most...

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most...

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.

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

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

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

There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and...

There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and...

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...

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

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,...