I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.
Virginia Woolf
Self-Expression, Solitude, Giving, Independence, Personal Growth, Desire
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“Our apparitions, the things you know us by, are simply childish. Beneath it is all dark, it is all spreading, it is unfathomably deep; but now and again we rise to the surface and that is what you see us by.” Virginia Woolf
Surface identity, Inner depth, True self, Perception, Appearance, Darkness
Virginia Woolf Surface identity, Inner depth, True self, Perception, Appearance, Darkness“I think writing, my writing, is a species of mediumship. I become the person.” Virginia Woolf
Writing Mediumship, Personal Connection, Creative Process, Writing, Expression, Transformation
Virginia Woolf Writing Mediumship, Personal Connection, Creative Process, Writing, Expression, Transformation“Coleridge certainly did not mean, when he said that a great mind is androgynous, that it is a mind that has any special sympathy with women; a mind that takes up their cause or devotes itself to their interpretation. Perhaps the androgynous mind is less apt to make these distinctions than the single-sexed mind. He meant, perhaps, that the androgynous mind is resonant and porous; that it transmits emotion without impediment; that it is naturally creative, incandescent and undivided.” Virginia Woolf
Androgyny, Creativity, Intellectual Mind, Emotional Intelligence, Gender Perspectives, Thought Diversity
Virginia Woolf Androgyny, Creativity, Intellectual Mind, Emotional Intelligence, Gender Perspectives, Thought Diversity“For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty.” Virginia Woolf
Visual Attraction, Perception Beauty, Aesthetic, Observation, Fascination, Nature
Virginia Woolf Visual Attraction, Perception Beauty, Aesthetic, Observation, Fascination, Nature“For it would seem – her case proved it – that we write, not with the fingers, but with the whole person. The nerve which controls the pen winds itself about every fibre of our being, threads the heart, pierces the liver.” Virginia Woolf
Writing truth, Emotional writing, Mind and body, Literature, Writing, Expression
Virginia Woolf Writing truth, Emotional writing, Mind and body, Literature, Writing, Expression“Only longing can fill with more of itself.” Virginia Woolf
Longing Desire, Emotion Fulfillment, Life Reflection, Longing, Emotion, Desire
Virginia Woolf Longing Desire, Emotion Fulfillment, Life Reflection, Longing, Emotion, Desire“No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.” Virginia Woolf
Missed Connections, Communication Struggles, Life Reflections, Words, Isolation, Expression
Virginia Woolf Missed Connections, Communication Struggles, Life Reflections, Words, Isolation, Expression“Why must they grow up and lose it all?” Virginia Woolf
Childhood Loss, Growing Up, Innocence Forgotten, Childhood, Growth, Innocence
Virginia Woolf Childhood Loss, Growing Up, Innocence Forgotten, Childhood, Growth, Innocence“Well, we must wait for the future to show.” Virginia Woolf
Patience Wisdom, Time Unfolding, Uncertainty, Hope, Anticipation, Reflection
Virginia Woolf Patience Wisdom, Time Unfolding, Uncertainty, Hope, Anticipation, Reflection“We scarcely want to analyse what we feel to be so large and deeply human.” Virginia Woolf
Emotional Depth, Human Connection, Life Reflections, Feelings, Universality, Mystery
Virginia Woolf Emotional Depth, Human Connection, Life Reflections, Feelings, Universality, Mystery“The word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping.” Virginia Woolf
Creative genius, Word innovation, Thought process, Language, Creativity, Invention
Virginia Woolf Creative genius, Word innovation, Thought process, Language, Creativity, Invention“To let oneself be carried on passively is unthinkable.” Virginia Woolf
Self Determination, Personal Power, Passivity, Control, Willpower, Action
Virginia Woolf Self Determination, Personal Power, Passivity, Control, Willpower, Action“For there is a virtue in truth; it has an almost mystic power. Like radium, it seems to give off forever and ever grains of energy, atoms of light.” Virginia Woolf
Truth Power, Virtue Light, Mystic Energy, Truth, Energy, Light
Virginia Woolf Truth Power, Virtue Light, Mystic Energy, Truth, Energy, Light“This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.” Virginia Woolf
Inner conflict, Life's contrast, Personal rebellion, Soul, Life, Courage
Virginia Woolf Inner conflict, Life's contrast, Personal rebellion, Soul, Life, Courage“Whenever you see a board up with “Trespassers will be prosecuted,” trespass at once.” Virginia Woolf
Rebellion, Authority, Trespassing, Defiance, Civil Disobedience, Rules
Virginia Woolf Rebellion, Authority, Trespassing, Defiance, Civil Disobedience, Rules“Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence.” Virginia Woolf
Social Masks, Emotional Cover, Personal Loneliness, Public Facade, Silence, Identity
Virginia Woolf Social Masks, Emotional Cover, Personal Loneliness, Public Facade, Silence, Identity“Meanwhile, let us abolish the ticking of time’s clock with one blow. Come closer.” Virginia Woolf
Time Freedom, Moment Embrace, Present Connection, Time, Freedom, Moment
Virginia Woolf Time Freedom, Moment Embrace, Present Connection, Time, Freedom, Moment“But words have been used too often; touched and turned, and left exposed to the dust of the street. The words we seek hang close to the tree. We come at dawn and find them sweet beneath the leaf.” Virginia Woolf
Language, Expression, Words, Creativity, Poetry, Communication
Virginia Woolf Language, Expression, Words, Creativity, Poetry, Communication