So that is marriage, Lily thought, a man and a woman looking at a girl throwing a ball.
Virginia Woolf
Marriage view, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Relationships, Life, Observation
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“Up here my eyes are green leaves, unseeing.” Virginia Woolf
Nature, Perception, Life, Reflection, Change, Identity
Virginia Woolf Nature, Perception, Life, Reflection, Change, Identity“Never will I wake those echoes, never will I ask for that hospitality again, I vowed as I descended the steps in anger. Still an hour remained before luncheon, and what was one to do?” Virginia Woolf
Vow, Anger, Reflection, Decision, Time, Memory
Virginia Woolf Vow, Anger, Reflection, Decision, Time, Memory“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“The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind.” Virginia Woolf
Poetry, Writing, Literature, Creativity, Expression, Art
Virginia Woolf Poetry, Writing, Literature, Creativity, Expression, Art“One should be a painter. As a writer, I feel the beauty, which is almost entirely colour, very subtle, very changeable, running over my pen, as if you poured a large jug of champagne over a hairpin.” Virginia Woolf
Artistic Metaphor, Writing Beauty, Subtle Expression, Art, Beauty, Expression
Virginia Woolf Artistic Metaphor, Writing Beauty, Subtle Expression, Art, Beauty, Expression“The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman.” Virginia Woolf
Female strength, Women's support, Ordinary strength, Gender, Empowerment, Women
Virginia Woolf Female strength, Women's support, Ordinary strength, Gender, Empowerment, Women“Talvolta penso che il paradiso sia leggere continuamente, senza fine.” Virginia Woolf
Endless Reading, Paradise Thoughts, Reading Joy, Literature, Books, Endless
Virginia Woolf Endless Reading, Paradise Thoughts, Reading Joy, Literature, Books, Endless“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“The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.” Virginia Woolf
Women's history, Gender silence, Feminine narrative, History, Women, Gender
Virginia Woolf Women's history, Gender silence, Feminine narrative, History, Women, Gender“One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.” Virginia Woolf
Misfortune Sympathy, Triumph Dislike, Empathy Depth, Empathy, Triumph, Misfortune
Virginia Woolf Misfortune Sympathy, Triumph Dislike, Empathy Depth, Empathy, Triumph, Misfortune“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“I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety, its compromise and the thought of you interfering with my work, hindering me; what would you answer?” Virginia Woolf
Love, Marriage, Compromise, Conflict, Independence, Work
Virginia Woolf Love, Marriage, Compromise, Conflict, Independence, Work“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter’s night.” Virginia Woolf
Winter melancholy, Seasonal sadness, Somber imagery, Nature, Emotion, Mood
Virginia Woolf Winter melancholy, Seasonal sadness, Somber imagery, Nature, Emotion, Mood“Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.” Virginia Woolf
Selfish Tendencies, Fleeting Faith, Humanity, Reflection, Cynicism, Awareness
Virginia Woolf Selfish Tendencies, Fleeting Faith, Humanity, Reflection, Cynicism, Awareness“A veil of insanity everywhere: Oh why I was born in this age? It is a terrible age.” Virginia Woolf
Modern Society, Personal Frustration, Existential Crisis, Insanity, Age, Reflection
Virginia Woolf Modern Society, Personal Frustration, Existential Crisis, Insanity, Age, Reflection“Her life-that was the only chance she had-the short season between two silences.” Virginia Woolf
Life, Time, Opportunity, Silence, Existence, Fate
Virginia Woolf Life, Time, Opportunity, Silence, Existence, Fate“I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it’s ripe; it will be exquisite by September.” Virginia Woolf
Self-Awareness, Intellectual Growth, Seasonal Change, Personal Growth, Metaphor, Mindset
Virginia Woolf Self-Awareness, Intellectual Growth, Seasonal Change, Personal Growth, Metaphor, Mindset“Incessant company is as bad as solitary confinement.” Virginia Woolf
Human Connection, Social Boundaries, Balanced Living, Solitude, Interaction, Moderation
Virginia Woolf Human Connection, Social Boundaries, Balanced Living, Solitude, Interaction, Moderation“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
Virginia Woolf Outsider Strength, Writing Resistance, Personal Struggle, Strength, Writing, Resistance