On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

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

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

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the...

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the...

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 far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

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...

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to...

Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to...

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

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

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

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...

There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and...

There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and...

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...

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....

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose