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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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...

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...

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats -...

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats -...

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...

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

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 far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

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

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

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

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...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one...

The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one...

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

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

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,...

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...

Language is wine upon the lips

Language is wine upon the lips

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.