Language is wine upon the lips

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Language Quotes

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

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

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

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...

Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form...

Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form...

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.

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...

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 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...

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

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...

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

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...

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,...

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

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

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

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...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell...

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell...