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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Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

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...

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a...

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a...

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and...

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

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...