I’m fundamentally, I think, an outsider. I do my best work and feel most braced with my back to the wall. It’s an odd feeling though, writing against the current: difficult entirely to disregard the current. Yet of course I shall.
Virginia Woolf
Outsider Strength, Writing Resistance, Personal Struggle, Strength, Writing, Resistance
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Emotional Hunger | Moment Embrace | Trespassing | False Perception | Literary Debate | Overuse Of Quotes | Ocean | Feminism | Freedom To Think | Masculine Critique | Art Reflection | Direct Nature | Englishwomen | Grounded Movement | Peace | Life's Ending | Oneness | Dreamer Ambition | Illness Metaphor | Illusion Loss | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“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“It is only when we look at the past and take from it the element of uncertainty that we can enjoy perfect peace.” Virginia Woolf
Peaceful Reflection, Uncertainty Embrace, Past Understanding, Peace, Past, Uncertainty
Virginia Woolf Peaceful Reflection, Uncertainty Embrace, Past Understanding, Peace, Past, Uncertainty“Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence.” Virginia Woolf
Love, Womanhood, Poetry, Emotion, Expression, Romance
Virginia Woolf Love, Womanhood, Poetry, Emotion, Expression, Romance“No, I’m not clever. I’ve always cared more for people than for ideas.” Virginia Woolf
People First, Idea Dismissal, Personal Values, People, Ideas, Values
Virginia Woolf People First, Idea Dismissal, Personal Values, People, Ideas, Values“This I say is the present moment; this is the first day of the summer holidays. This is part of the emerging monster to whom we are attached.” Virginia Woolf
Present Moment, Summer Days, Emergent Change, Time, Summer, Change
Virginia Woolf Present Moment, Summer Days, Emergent Change, Time, Summer, Change“Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.” Virginia Woolf
Action Thought, Theory Action, Philosophy Knowledge, Action, Philosophy, Thought
Virginia Woolf Action Thought, Theory Action, Philosophy Knowledge, Action, Philosophy, Thought“Madness is terrific I can assure you, and not to be sniffed at; and in its lava I still find most of the things I write about. It shoots out of one everything shaped, final, not in mere driblets, as sanity does.” Virginia Woolf
Creative Madness, Passion Expression, Inspiration, Depth, Intensity, Chaos
Virginia Woolf Creative Madness, Passion Expression, Inspiration, Depth, Intensity, Chaos“The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to communicate with a third party, antagonistic, enigmatic, yet perhaps persuadable, which one may call life in general.” Virginia Woolf
Life, Communication, Relationships, Power, Philosophy, Interaction
Virginia Woolf Life, Communication, Relationships, Power, Philosophy, Interaction“I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older.” Virginia Woolf
Spring Enjoyment, Aging Perspective, Seasonal Change, Life Stages, Growth, Time
Virginia Woolf Spring Enjoyment, Aging Perspective, Seasonal Change, Life Stages, Growth, Time“Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?” Virginia Woolf
Poet's Heart, Emotional Violence, Tangled Identity, Poetry, Love, Expression
Virginia Woolf Poet's Heart, Emotional Violence, Tangled Identity, Poetry, Love, Expression“The thing about Proust is his combination of the utmost sensibility with the utmost tenacity. He searches out these butterfly shades to the last grain. He is as tough as catgut and as evanescent as a butterfly’s bloom.” Virginia Woolf
Proust's writing, Literary sensibility, Persevering spirit, Literature, Sensitivity, Writing
Virginia Woolf Proust's writing, Literary sensibility, Persevering spirit, Literature, Sensitivity, Writing“I am not one and simple, but complex and many.” Virginia Woolf
Self Complexity, Personal Growth, Inner Layers, Identity, Psychology, Diversity
Virginia Woolf Self Complexity, Personal Growth, Inner Layers, Identity, Psychology, Diversity“Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible.” Virginia Woolf
Fiction Life, Web Connection, Writing Art, Fiction, Life, Connection
Virginia Woolf Fiction Life, Web Connection, Writing Art, Fiction, Life, Connection“Would there be trees if we didn’t see them?” Virginia Woolf
Trees Perception, Nature Existence, Life Reflection, Trees, Nature, Perception
Virginia Woolf Trees Perception, Nature Existence, Life Reflection, Trees, Nature, Perception“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 birds singing.” Virginia Woolf
Nature Imagery, Serenity Peace, Reflection, Beauty, Observation, Harmony
Virginia Woolf Nature Imagery, Serenity Peace, Reflection, Beauty, Observation, Harmony“If we didn’t live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I’ve no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged.” Virginia Woolf
Living Venturously, Risk Embrace, Fearless Living, Adventure, Life, Risk
Virginia Woolf Living Venturously, Risk Embrace, Fearless Living, Adventure, Life, Risk“The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.” Virginia Woolf
Others' Judgement, Mental Prison, Social Constraints, Freedom, Cages, Perception
Virginia Woolf Others' Judgement, Mental Prison, Social Constraints, Freedom, Cages, Perception