The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

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...

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

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....

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

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

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

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

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:...

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

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...

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

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...

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...

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...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.