Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.
Virginia Woolf
Recorded History, Eventful Memory, Documented Truth, History, Memory, Truth
Virginia Woolf’s Quotes On Topics
Intellectualism | Freedom Control | Storm Reflection | Overuse Of Quotes | Women's Worth | Word Choice | Perception Simplicity | Pure Thought | Self Acceptance | Serious Talk | Greek Literature | Writing Identity | Literary Bias | Inner Conflict | Social Overload | Surprises | Journey | Sin | Voice Freedom | Individuality | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“For this moment, this one moment, we are together. I press you to me. Come, pain, feed on me. Bury your fangs in my flesh. Tear me asunder. I sob, I sob.” Virginia Woolf
Moment Emotion, Pain Love, Suffering Intensity, Moment, Love, Pain
Virginia Woolf Moment Emotion, Pain Love, Suffering Intensity, Moment, Love, Pain“Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a river.” Virginia Woolf
Power Of Reading, Literary Wisdom, Fluent Expression, Knowledge, Creativity, Flow
Virginia Woolf Power Of Reading, Literary Wisdom, Fluent Expression, Knowledge, Creativity, Flow“Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.” Virginia Woolf
Self Consciousness, Leadership Struggles, Identity Crisis, Leadership, Identity, Struggle
Virginia Woolf Self Consciousness, Leadership Struggles, Identity Crisis, Leadership, Identity, Struggle“You cannot lecture on really pure poetry any more than you can talk about the ingredients of pure water-it is adulterated, methylated, sanded poetry that makes the best lectures.” Virginia Woolf
Pure Poetry, Literary Lecture, Creative Expression, Writing, Art, Craft
Virginia Woolf Pure Poetry, Literary Lecture, Creative Expression, Writing, Art, Craft“Gli occhi degli altri sono le nostre prigioni, i loro pensieri le nostre gabbie.” Virginia Woolf
Freedom Of Mind, Social Judgments, Italian Expression, Perception, Boundaries, Introspection
Virginia Woolf Freedom Of Mind, Social Judgments, Italian Expression, Perception, Boundaries, Introspection“But how entirely I live in my imagination; how completely depend upon spurts of thought, coming as I walk, as I sit; things churning up in my mind and so making a perpetual pageant, which is to be my happiness.” Virginia Woolf
Imagination Happiness, Thought Creativity, Mind Reflection, Imagination, Thought, Happiness
Virginia Woolf Imagination Happiness, Thought Creativity, Mind Reflection, Imagination, Thought, Happiness“What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with this extraordinary excitement? It is Clarissa, he said. For there she was.” Virginia Woolf
Terror Ecstasy, Life Emotion, Identity Excitement, Terror, Life, Emotion
Virginia Woolf Terror Ecstasy, Life Emotion, Identity Excitement, Terror, Life, Emotion“Illness is a part of every human being’s experience. It enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness. It is the great confessional; things are said, truths are blurted out which health conceals.” Virginia Woolf
Illness Reflection, Self-Consciousness, Human Experience, Health, Truths, Life
Virginia Woolf Illness Reflection, Self-Consciousness, Human Experience, Health, Truths, Life“There is no room for the impurities of literature in an essay.” Virginia Woolf
Essence Purity, Writing Standards, Clarity, Precision, Integrity, Excellence
Virginia Woolf Essence Purity, Writing Standards, Clarity, Precision, Integrity, Excellence“And it was awfully strange, he thought, how she still had the power, as she came tinkling, rustling, still had the power as she came across the room, to make the moon, which he detested, rise at Bourton on the terrace in the summer sky.” Virginia Woolf
Emotional Power, Perception of Beauty, Romantic Imagery, Personal Conflict, Nature, Influence
Virginia Woolf Emotional Power, Perception of Beauty, Romantic Imagery, Personal Conflict, Nature, Influence“Soup is cuisine's kindest course.” Virginia Woolf
Simple Comfort, Cuisine Pleasure, Meal Course, Cuisine, Comfort, Food
Virginia Woolf Simple Comfort, Cuisine Pleasure, Meal Course, Cuisine, Comfort, Food“This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.” Virginia Woolf
Literary debate, Shakespeare's value, Writing criticism, Literature, Writing, Art
Virginia Woolf Literary debate, Shakespeare's value, Writing criticism, Literature, Writing, Art“But nevertheless, the fact remained, it was almost impossible to dislike anyone if one looked at them.” Virginia Woolf
Empathy Perspective, Understanding, Connection, Kindness, Humanity, Reflection
Virginia Woolf Empathy Perspective, Understanding, Connection, Kindness, Humanity, Reflection“What a comfort is friendship in this world.” Virginia Woolf
Friendship Value, Support Connection, Companionship, Trust, Comfort, Loyalty
Virginia Woolf Friendship Value, Support Connection, Companionship, Trust, Comfort, Loyalty“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“Once she knows how to read there’s only one thing you can teach her to believe in and that is herself.” Virginia Woolf
Self-belief, Reading power, Female confidence, Empowerment, Education, Independence
Virginia Woolf Self-belief, Reading power, Female confidence, Empowerment, Education, Independence“They start the day confident, braced, believing themselves desired at Miss Smith’s tea party; they say to themselves as they go into the room, I am the superior of half the people here, and it is thus that they speak with that self-confidence, that self-assurance, which have had such profound consequences in public life and lead to such curious notes in the margin of the private mind.” Virginia Woolf
Confidence Self, Life Identity, Public Reflection, Confidence, Life, Identity
Virginia Woolf Confidence Self, Life Identity, Public Reflection, Confidence, Life, Identity“Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?” Virginia Woolf
Poetry Writing, Creative Process, Artistic Expression, Literary Form, Emotional Connection, Voice
Virginia Woolf Poetry Writing, Creative Process, Artistic Expression, Literary Form, Emotional Connection, Voice