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Virginia Woolf Quotes

Biography: Virginia Woolf is known for her pioneering contributions to modernist ... more Biography: Virginia Woolf is known for her pioneering contributions to modernist literature. Born in 1882, her seminal works include "Mrs. Dalloway" and "To the Lighthouse." Woolf's innovative narrative techniques and exploration of the inner lives of characters have left a lasting impact on 20th-century fiction. less

"I am not one of those who believe that taking drugs produces a permanent bettering of the human mind. Every great writer, every genuine artist, has had the experience of being intoxicated by language."

Tags: Inspiration, Creativity, Literature, Expression, Art

"Outside the trees dragged their leaves like nets through the depths of the air; the sound of water was in the room and through the waves came the voices of children entering the house."

Tags: Nature, Imagination, Children, Home, Water

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

Tags: Personal growth, Self-awareness, Mindfulness, Inner peace, Reflection

"To the Lighthouse was then an evocation of childhood; it was also an inquisition into the nature of reality."

Tags: Philosophy, Literature, Reality, Memory, Nostalgia

"For if life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?"

Tags: Philosophy, Love, Life, Relationships, Purpose

"A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living."

Tags: Self-improvement, Resilience, Change, Identity, Transformation

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

Tags: Unity, Equality, Feminism, Patriotism, Women's rights

"Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title."

Tags: Relationships, Introspection, Friendship, Metaphor, Memory

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

Tags: Self-discovery, Change, Reality, Experience, Youth

"I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time."

Tags: Self-improvement, Learning, Literature, Reading, Books

"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners."

Tags: Creativity, Literature, Reality, Art, Imagination

"Books are the mirrors of the soul."

Tags: Inspiration, Philosophy, Wisdom, Reflection, Literature

"The truth is, I am rooted, but I flow."

Tags: Personal growth, Philosophy, Wisdom, Resilience, Mindfulness

"When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?"

Tags: Philosophy, Perspective, Reflection, Existentialism, Universe

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people."

Tags: Personal growth, Self-awareness, Authenticity, Truth, Communication

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