This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind...

For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind...

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,...

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

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

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

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

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

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form...

Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form...

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

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...

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

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...

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...

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....

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the...

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the...

If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine...

If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine...

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.