The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

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:...

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

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...

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...

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...

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain...

A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain...

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,...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

Maybe more men would stand up and be gentlemen if more women would sit down...

Maybe more men would stand up and be gentlemen if more women would sit down...

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to...

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to...