That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Virginia Woolf Quotes

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

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

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

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...

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...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

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...

One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune...

One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune...

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 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...

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

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...

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it...

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...