I’m sick to death of this particular self. I want another.
Virginia Woolf
Self Transformation, Personal Change, Inner Struggle, Identity, Desire, Frustration
Virginia Woolf’s Quotes On Topics
Oneness | Reading Indifference | Fleeting Connection | Existentialism | Heartache | Unbelievable End | Falsehoods Revealed | Human Form | Winter Light | Mind Depth | Social Overload | Heroism | Lonely Friendship | Intellectual Growth | Disinterest | Life's Ending | Societal Constraints | Communication Barriers | Writing Observation | Creative Building | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and not we, them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking.” Virginia Woolf
Clothing, Identity, Society, Fashion, Self-Expression, Influence
Virginia Woolf Clothing, Identity, Society, Fashion, Self-Expression, Influence“I will not be “famous,” “great.” I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one’s self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.” Virginia Woolf
Self Liberation, Identity Freedom, Adventurous Mind, Freedom, Identity, Liberation
Virginia Woolf Self Liberation, Identity Freedom, Adventurous Mind, Freedom, Identity, Liberation“How remorseless life is!” Virginia Woolf
Life’s Struggles, Harsh Reality, Existentialism, Life Lessons, Time, Fate
Virginia Woolf Life’s Struggles, Harsh Reality, Existentialism, Life Lessons, Time, Fate“The streets of London have their map, but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?” Virginia Woolf
London, Passion, Exploration, Life, Fate, Uncertainty
Virginia Woolf London, Passion, Exploration, Life, Fate, Uncertainty“What a morning – fresh as if issued to children on a beach.” Virginia Woolf
Nature's Joy, Innocence Recalled, Beautiful Morning, Freshness, Simplicity, Wonder
Virginia Woolf Nature's Joy, Innocence Recalled, Beautiful Morning, Freshness, Simplicity, Wonder“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” Virginia Woolf
Maturity Growth, Illusion Loss, Acquiring Perspective, Growth, Illusion, Change
Virginia Woolf Maturity Growth, Illusion Loss, Acquiring Perspective, Growth, Illusion, Change“At last she shut the book sharply, lay back, and drew a deep breath, expressive of the wonder which always marks the transition from the imaginary world to the real world.” Virginia Woolf
Imaginary vs Real, Book Ending, Transition Moment, Reflection, Escape, Reality
Virginia Woolf Imaginary vs Real, Book Ending, Transition Moment, Reflection, Escape, Reality“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 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“Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.” Virginia Woolf
Perception, Reality, Distortion, Individualism, Mindset, Subjectivity
Virginia Woolf Perception, Reality, Distortion, Individualism, Mindset, Subjectivity“I am never stagnant; I rise from my worst disasters, I turn, I change.” Virginia Woolf
Resilience Transformation, Growth Renewal, Strength, Persistence, Change
Virginia Woolf Resilience Transformation, Growth Renewal, Strength, Persistence, Change“Richard has improved. You are right,” said Sally. “I shall go and talk to him. I shall say goodnight. What does the brain matter,” said Lady Rosseter, getting up, “compared with the heart?” “I will come,” said Peter, but he sat on for a moment. What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with extraordinary excitement? It is Clarissa, he said. For there she was.” Virginia Woolf
Heart vs Brain, Emotional Excitement, Terror Ecstasy, Love, Emotion, Mind
Virginia Woolf Heart vs Brain, Emotional Excitement, Terror Ecstasy, Love, Emotion, Mind“It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.” Virginia Woolf
Artist Struggles, Artistic Expression, Public Opinion, Self-Doubt, Creative Struggle, Literature
Virginia Woolf Artist Struggles, Artistic Expression, Public Opinion, Self-Doubt, Creative Struggle, Literature“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.” Virginia Woolf
Women's fiction, Literary challenge, Gender issues, Literature, Feminism, Problems
Virginia Woolf Women's fiction, Literary challenge, Gender issues, Literature, Feminism, Problems“These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.” Virginia Woolf
Soul's Change, Eternal Youth, Optimistic Alterations, Soul, Youth, Optimism
Virginia Woolf Soul's Change, Eternal Youth, Optimistic Alterations, Soul, Youth, Optimism“There was a serenity about him always that had the look of innocence, when, technically, the word was no longer applicable.” Virginia Woolf
Innocent Serenity, Emotional Calm, False Innocence, Serenity, Calm, Innocence
Virginia Woolf Innocent Serenity, Emotional Calm, False Innocence, Serenity, Calm, Innocence“If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?” Virginia Woolf
Gender inequality, Education for women, Social expectations, Gender, Education, Fight
Virginia Woolf Gender inequality, Education for women, Social expectations, Gender, Education, Fight“Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss. I look down; I feel giddy; I wonder how I am ever to walk to the end.” Virginia Woolf
Life Tragedy, Fear Existence, Walking Fate, Life, Walking, Fear
Virginia Woolf Life Tragedy, Fear Existence, Walking Fate, Life, Walking, Fear“To put it in a nutshell, he was afflicted with a love of literature. It was the fatal nature of this disease to substitute a phantom for reality.” Virginia Woolf
Literature Love, Phantom Reality, Creative Affliction, Literature, Love, Reality
Virginia Woolf Literature Love, Phantom Reality, Creative Affliction, Literature, Love, Reality“But love... it’s only an illusion. A story one makes up in one’s mind about another person. And one knows all the time it isn’t true. Of course one knows; why one’s always taking care not to destroy the illusion.” Virginia Woolf
Love Illusion, Mental Story, False Perception, Love, Illusion, Perception
Virginia Woolf Love Illusion, Mental Story, False Perception, Love, Illusion, Perception