My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a...

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a...

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...

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,...

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

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...

Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing...

Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing...

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?

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Language is wine upon the lips

Language is wine upon the lips

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of...

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of...

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

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

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.

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

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

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

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...

For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the...

For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the...

If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine...

If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine...

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right...

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right...

A woman's beauty is one of her great missions

A woman's beauty is one of her great missions