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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 can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past."

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"The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity"

Tags: Identity, Individuality, Diversity, Feminism, Gender equality

"Nothing has really happened until it has been described"

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"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman"

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"It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality"

Tags: Perception, Understanding, Truth, Existence, Reality

"The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder"

Tags: Joy, Emotions, Beauty, Poetry, Heart

"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself"

Tags: Personal growth, Mindfulness, Self-discovery, Individuality, Authenticity

"You cannot find peace by avoiding life"

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"The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages"

Tags: Self-awareness, Perception, Individuality, Freedom, Introspection

"Arrange whatever pieces come your way"

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"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well"

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"I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me"

Tags: Perspective, Growth, Relationships, Self-discovery, Change

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind"

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"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman"

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"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction"

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