Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Virginia Woolf Quotes

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

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...

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

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...

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 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.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the...

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the...

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:...

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...

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

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 know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and...

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So...

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...