Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

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...

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...

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...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of...

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of...

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

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

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

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...

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.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

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...

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.