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
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Unspoken Emotions | Silence Talking | Mental Health | Documented Truth | Safety | Women Empowerment | Belief Truth | Tragic Moments | Emotional Balance | Transformation | Precision | Gender Issues | Creative Struggles | Historical Focus | Sleep Loss | Writing Aspiration | Present Moment | Reflection Time | Moderation | Productive Rest | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“A light here required a shadow there.” Virginia Woolf
Light And Shadow, Artistic Contrast, Deep Thinking, Duality, Perspective, Symbolism
Virginia Woolf Light And Shadow, Artistic Contrast, Deep Thinking, Duality, Perspective, Symbolism“For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind or both in combination, when he is a slave to thirteen thousand a year?” Virginia Woolf
Mind Body, Medical Critique, Professional Limitations, Mind, Medicine, Body
Virginia Woolf Mind Body, Medical Critique, Professional Limitations, Mind, Medicine, Body“Alone, I often fall down into nothingness. I must push my foot stealthily lest I should fall off the edge of the world into nothingness. I have to bang my head against some hard door to call myself back to the body.” Virginia Woolf
Existential fear, Mental void, Self-awareness, Isolation, Solitude, Struggle
Virginia Woolf Existential fear, Mental void, Self-awareness, Isolation, Solitude, Struggle“If we face the fact, for it is a fact, that there is no arm to cling to, but that we go alone and that our relation is to the world of reality and not only to the world of men and women...” Virginia Woolf
Reality, Solitude, Truth, Existence, Self-Discovery, Life
Virginia Woolf Reality, Solitude, Truth, Existence, Self-Discovery, Life“A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.” Virginia Woolf
Change Life, Self Growth, Personal Development, Change, Life, Growth
Virginia Woolf Change Life, Self Growth, Personal Development, Change, Life, Growth“At any rate, when a subject is highly controversial-and any question about sex is that-one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold.” Virginia Woolf
Subjectivity Of Truth, Controversial Topics, Sex Equality, Perspective, Discussion, Honesty
Virginia Woolf Subjectivity Of Truth, Controversial Topics, Sex Equality, Perspective, Discussion, Honesty“There are no teachers, saints, prophets, good people, but the artists.” Virginia Woolf
Artistic truth, Creative vision, Artistic expression, Art, Creativity, Truth
Virginia Woolf Artistic truth, Creative vision, Artistic expression, Art, Creativity, Truth“I am drowning, my dear, in seas of fire.” Virginia Woolf
Burning Struggle, Fiery Drowning, Extreme Emotions, Fire, Struggle, Emotion
Virginia Woolf Burning Struggle, Fiery Drowning, Extreme Emotions, Fire, Struggle, Emotion“My mind turned by anxiety, or other cause, from its scrutiny of blank paper, is like a lost child–wandering the house, sitting on the bottom step to cry.” Virginia Woolf
Mental struggle, Anxiety's effect, Lost focus, Mind, Anxiety, Struggle
Virginia Woolf Mental struggle, Anxiety's effect, Lost focus, Mind, Anxiety, Struggle“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“Language is wine upon the lips.” Virginia Woolf
Language Beauty, Speech Power, Elegant Expression, Language, Speech, Expression
Virginia Woolf Language Beauty, Speech Power, Elegant Expression, Language, Speech, Expression“Life’s bare as a bone.” Virginia Woolf
Life's Simplicity, Bare Existence, Naked Truth, Life, Simplicity, Truth
Virginia Woolf Life's Simplicity, Bare Existence, Naked Truth, Life, Simplicity, Truth“Life stand still here.” Virginia Woolf
Timeless Moments, Stillness Serenity, Reflection, Pause, Beauty, Eternity
Virginia Woolf Timeless Moments, Stillness Serenity, Reflection, Pause, Beauty, Eternity“Was there no safety? No learning by heart of the ways of the world? No guide, no shelter, but all was miracle, and leaping from the pinnacle of a tower into the air? Could it be, even for elderly people, that this was life? – startling, unexpected, unknown?” Virginia Woolf
Safety Life, Learning Miracle, Life Unknown, Safety, Life, Learning
Virginia Woolf Safety Life, Learning Miracle, Life Unknown, Safety, Life, Learning“I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words.” Virginia Woolf
Writer’s Block, Overwhelm, Self-Reflection, Creative Struggles, Regret, Expression
Virginia Woolf Writer’s Block, Overwhelm, Self-Reflection, Creative Struggles, Regret, Expression“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“We are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.” Virginia Woolf
Human Essence, Art Creation, Connection, Expression, Identity, Oneness
Virginia Woolf Human Essence, Art Creation, Connection, Expression, Identity, Oneness“She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. With stars in her eyes and veils in her hair, with cyclamen and wild violets.” Virginia Woolf
Mystical Beauty, Romantic Admiration, Poetic Imagery, Love, Grace, Nature
Virginia Woolf Mystical Beauty, Romantic Admiration, Poetic Imagery, Love, Grace, Nature