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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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...

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

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...

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend...

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the...

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the...

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret...

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret...

Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact...

Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

A friendship that can end never really began.

A friendship that can end never really began.

I will always love you no matter where you may be. Just remember to always...

I will always love you no matter where you may be. Just remember to always...