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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You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there...

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

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

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

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

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...

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

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 beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting...

The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting...

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

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

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret...

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret...

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

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...

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.

While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.

Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to...

Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to...

Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the...

Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the...