The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

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...

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...

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.