Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

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

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

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

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

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

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 more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

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

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...

For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind...

For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind...

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

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

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

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...

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness....

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness....

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

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...

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...