Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form of a human being. If we seek to know him, are we idly occupied?

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

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

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

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?

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming,...

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming,...

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us....

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us....

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...

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...

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I...

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I...

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.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind...

For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind...