Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
Virginia Woolf
Womanhood Freedom, Gender Change, Social Shifts, Womanhood, Gender, Freedom
Virginia Woolf’s Quotes On Topics
Life's Thrills | Literary Wisdom | Inner Conflict | Purpose | Liberation | Existence Tension | Fluent Expression | Inherent Wealth | Subjectivity Of Truth | Time Knowledge | Uniform Symbolism | Professional Limitations | People First | Female Empowerment | Praise Judgment | Nature Change | Fellowship | Literary Fire | Ephemeral Moments | Creation Art | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“I” is only a convenient term for somebody who has no real being.” Virginia Woolf
Existence Questioned, Self Identity, Philosophical Inquiry, Self, Philosophy, Being
Virginia Woolf Existence Questioned, Self Identity, Philosophical Inquiry, Self, Philosophy, Being“Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.” Virginia Woolf
Self Consciousness, Leadership Struggles, Identity Crisis, Leadership, Identity, Struggle
Virginia Woolf Self Consciousness, Leadership Struggles, Identity Crisis, Leadership, Identity, Struggle“How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?” Virginia Woolf
Creative Release, Artistic Escape, Emotional Struggle, Art, Emotion, Release
Virginia Woolf Creative Release, Artistic Escape, Emotional Struggle, Art, Emotion, Release“It is the privilege of loneliness; in privacy one may do as one chooses. One might weep if no one saw.” Virginia Woolf
Lonely Freedom, Privacy Solitude, Reflection, Expression, Vulnerability, Choice
Virginia Woolf Lonely Freedom, Privacy Solitude, Reflection, Expression, Vulnerability, Choice“Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders.” Virginia Woolf
Biographer Creativity, Writing Facts, Knowledge Reflection, Biographer, Writing, Knowledge
Virginia Woolf Biographer Creativity, Writing Facts, Knowledge Reflection, Biographer, Writing, Knowledge“If the best of one’s feelings means nothing to the person most concerned in those feelings, what reality is left us?” Virginia Woolf
Emotional truth, Feelings loss, Reality check, Relationships, Emotions, Understanding
Virginia Woolf Emotional truth, Feelings loss, Reality check, Relationships, Emotions, Understanding“A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life.” Virginia Woolf
Feminist truth, Female empowerment, Women's voice, Feminism, Life, Honesty
Virginia Woolf Feminist truth, Female empowerment, Women's voice, Feminism, Life, Honesty“What a lark! What a plunge!” Virginia Woolf
Joyful Exuberance, Life's Thrills, Poetic Energy, Excitement, Spontaneity, Wonder
Virginia Woolf Joyful Exuberance, Life's Thrills, Poetic Energy, Excitement, Spontaneity, Wonder“They say the sky is the same everywhere. Travellers, the shipwrecked, exiles, and the dying draw comfort from the thought, and no doubt if you are of a mystical tendency, consolation, and even explanation, shower down from the unbroken surface. But.” Virginia Woolf
Sky perspective, Global connection, Mystical thoughts, Travel, Comfort, Exile
Virginia Woolf Sky perspective, Global connection, Mystical thoughts, Travel, Comfort, Exile“Beauty was not everything. Beauty had this penalty – it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life – froze it.” Virginia Woolf
Beauty, Life, Aesthetic, Existence, Perception, Nature
Virginia Woolf Beauty, Life, Aesthetic, Existence, Perception, Nature“So that is marriage, Lily thought, a man and a woman looking at a girl throwing a ball.” Virginia Woolf
Marriage view, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Relationships, Life, Observation
Virginia Woolf Marriage view, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Relationships, Life, Observation“When I am grown up I shall carry a notebook – a fat book with many pages, methodically lettered. I shall enter my phrases.” Virginia Woolf
Notebook Dream, Writing Aspiration, Methodical Recording, Writing, Dream, Aspiration
Virginia Woolf Notebook Dream, Writing Aspiration, Methodical Recording, Writing, Dream, Aspiration“So coming back from a journey, or after an illness, before habits had spun themselves across the surface, one felt that same unreality, which was so startling; felt something emerge. Life was most vivid then.” Virginia Woolf
Journey Life, Habit Change, Life Reality, Journey, Life, Change
Virginia Woolf Journey Life, Habit Change, Life Reality, Journey, Life, Change“Tragedies come in the hungry hours.” Virginia Woolf
Tragic moments, Emotional hunger, Life’s tragedy, Suffering, Time, Emotion
Virginia Woolf Tragic moments, Emotional hunger, Life’s tragedy, Suffering, Time, Emotion“They can because they think they can.” Virginia Woolf
Belief Strength, Determination Success, Confidence, Mindset, Positivity
Virginia Woolf Belief Strength, Determination Success, Confidence, Mindset, Positivity“It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life.” Virginia Woolf
Life's Essence, Pure Simplicity, Delicate Dance, Nature, Joy, Beauty
Virginia Woolf Life's Essence, Pure Simplicity, Delicate Dance, Nature, Joy, Beauty“You wish to be a poet; you wish to be a lover. But the splendid clarity of your intelligence, and the remorseless honestly of your intellect bring you to a halt.” Virginia Woolf
Poet Love, Clarity Intelligence, Self Reflection, Poet, Love, Intelligence
Virginia Woolf Poet Love, Clarity Intelligence, Self Reflection, Poet, Love, Intelligence“My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery – always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What’s this passion for?” Virginia Woolf
Brain Complexity, Mental Struggles, Inner Chaos, Passion, Thought, Self
Virginia Woolf Brain Complexity, Mental Struggles, Inner Chaos, Passion, Thought, Self