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

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

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...

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most...

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

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...

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

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...

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

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...

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

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...

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.

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.

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...