I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.
Virginia Woolf
Mood Change, Female Identity, Writing Power, Identity, Writing, Womanhood
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Personal Past | Complex Humanity | Autumn | Self Perception | Ideas | Flame | Thought | Love Conflict | Time Passage | Self Consciousness | Falsehood | Criticism Response | Inner Chaos | Personal Growth | Emotion Heart | Personal Conflict | Feminine Narrative | Forgiveness | Inspiration | Illusion Death | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“I’m not clear enough in the head to feel anything but varieties of dull anger and arrows of sadness.” Virginia Woolf
Mental confusion, Emotional turmoil, Inner sadness, Anger, Clarity, Emotion
Virginia Woolf Mental confusion, Emotional turmoil, Inner sadness, Anger, Clarity, Emotion“They came to her, naturally, since she was a woman, all day long with this and that; one wanting this, another that; the children were growing up; she often felt she was nothing but a sponge sopped full of human emotions.” Virginia Woolf
Woman Family, Caregiving Emotions, Life Relationships, Woman, Family, Life
Virginia Woolf Woman Family, Caregiving Emotions, Life Relationships, Woman, Family, Life“This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.” Virginia Woolf
Literature, Gender, War, Social Perception, Feminism, Criticism
Virginia Woolf Literature, Gender, War, Social Perception, Feminism, Criticism“Lord, how tired one gets of one’s own writing.” Virginia Woolf
Writing Fatigue, Self Reflection, Creation Art, Writing, Fatigue, Art
Virginia Woolf Writing Fatigue, Self Reflection, Creation Art, Writing, Fatigue, Art“The very stone one kicks with one’s boot will outlast Shakespeare.” Virginia Woolf
Timeless Nature, Mortality Reflection, Human Legacy, Permanence, History, Literature
Virginia Woolf Timeless Nature, Mortality Reflection, Human Legacy, Permanence, History, Literature“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.” Virginia Woolf
Spiritual Guidance, Creative Refuge, Friend Support, Religion, Poetry, Friends
Virginia Woolf Spiritual Guidance, Creative Refuge, Friend Support, Religion, Poetry, Friends“Still, the sun was hot. Still, one got over things. Still, life had a way of adding day to day.” Virginia Woolf
Life's Continuity, Emotional Resilience, Natural Cycles, Endurance, Time, Persistence
Virginia Woolf Life's Continuity, Emotional Resilience, Natural Cycles, Endurance, Time, Persistence“Nothing, I know, had any chance against death.” Virginia Woolf
Mortality Acceptance, Life’s Fragility, Reflection, Loss, Inevitability, Truth
Virginia Woolf Mortality Acceptance, Life’s Fragility, Reflection, Loss, Inevitability, Truth“I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.” Virginia Woolf
Mood Change, Female Identity, Writing Power, Identity, Writing, Womanhood
Virginia Woolf Mood Change, Female Identity, Writing Power, Identity, Writing, Womanhood“What I value is the naked contact of a mind.” Virginia Woolf
Intellectual connection, Mind communication, Pure thought, Thought, Connection, Mind
Virginia Woolf Intellectual connection, Mind communication, Pure thought, Thought, Connection, Mind“Love and religion! thought Clarissa, going back into the drawing room, tingling all over. How detestable, how detestable they are!” Virginia Woolf
Love, Religion, Thought, Conflict, Emotion, Identity
Virginia Woolf Love, Religion, Thought, Conflict, Emotion, Identity“As for my next book, I won’t write it till it has grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant, gravid, asking to be cut or it will fall.” Virginia Woolf
Creative Process, Artistic Patience, Writing Journey, Creativity, Intuition, Ideas
Virginia Woolf Creative Process, Artistic Patience, Writing Journey, Creativity, Intuition, Ideas“My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.” Virginia Woolf
Creative Idleness, Productive Rest, Mental Freedom, Reflection, Rest, Innovation
Virginia Woolf Creative Idleness, Productive Rest, Mental Freedom, Reflection, Rest, Innovation“Peace was the third emotion. Love. Hate. Peace. Three emotions made the ply of human life.” Virginia Woolf
Emotional balance, Three emotions, Human experience, Peace, Love, Hate
Virginia Woolf Emotional balance, Three emotions, Human experience, Peace, Love, Hate“Stepping through fields of flowers and taking to her breast buds that had broken and lambs that had fallen; with the stars in her eyes and the wind in her hair – He took her bag.” Virginia Woolf
Nature, Beauty, Love, Life, Memory, Simplicity
Virginia Woolf Nature, Beauty, Love, Life, Memory, Simplicity“Women have burnt like beacons in all the works of all the poets from the beginning of time.” Virginia Woolf
Literary Influence, Feminine Legacy, Inspiration, Strength, History, Artistry
Virginia Woolf Literary Influence, Feminine Legacy, Inspiration, Strength, History, Artistry“It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.” Virginia Woolf
Truth discovery, Idle reflection, Dream insights, Thought, Dreaming, Truth
Virginia Woolf Truth discovery, Idle reflection, Dream insights, Thought, Dreaming, Truth“It is much more important to be oneself than anything else.” Virginia Woolf
Self authenticity, Personal growth, Being true, Identity, Individuality, Self
Virginia Woolf Self authenticity, Personal growth, Being true, Identity, Individuality, Self