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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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...

Language is wine upon the lips

Language is wine upon the lips

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

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...

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,...

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...

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

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.

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...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...

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

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

For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the...

For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the...

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

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

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...

It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be...

It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be...

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Not all who make love make marriages

Not all who make love make marriages