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

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

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.

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.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

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...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

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...

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...

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

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

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

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...

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?

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...

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.

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the...

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

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:...

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the...

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.