The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

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 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,...

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there...

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting...

The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting...

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...

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...

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations,...

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations,...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

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...

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian...

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian...

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...