Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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

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

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

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....

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

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

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

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...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

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...

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

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...

If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over...

If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over...

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

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

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

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,...

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming,...

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming,...

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

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...

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...