That great Cathedral space which was childhood.
Virginia Woolf
Childhood memories, Cathedral imagery, Sacred space, Childhood, Religion, Memory
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Education For Women | Universality | Human Experience | Longing Desire | Hidden Knowledge | Pain Love | Resolve | Emotional Writing | Harmony | Fragments | Womanhood Freedom | Life Unknown | Irrevocable Moment | Complex Humanity | Endless Possibilities | Life Lessons | Privacy | Growth Renewal | Indecency | Melancholic Beauty | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.” Virginia Woolf
Reading Books, Knowledge Learning, Mind Focus, Reading, Books, Learning
Virginia Woolf Reading Books, Knowledge Learning, Mind Focus, Reading, Books, Learning“Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading – I like reading books in the bulk.” Virginia Woolf
Reading Passion, Book Lover, Englishwomen, Literature, Education, Books
Virginia Woolf Reading Passion, Book Lover, Englishwomen, Literature, Education, Books“By hook or by crook, I hope that you will possess yourselves of money enough to travel and to idle, to contemplate the future or the past of the world, to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.” Virginia Woolf
Money, Travel, Freedom, Dreaming, Life, Contemplation
Virginia Woolf Money, Travel, Freedom, Dreaming, Life, Contemplation“I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.” Virginia Woolf
Freedom, Confinement, Reflection, Isolation, Thought, Existence
Virginia Woolf Freedom, Confinement, Reflection, Isolation, Thought, Existence“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“Never are voices so beautiful as on a winter’s evening, when dusk almost hides the body, and they seem to issue from nothingness with a note of intimacy seldom heard by day.” Virginia Woolf
Voice Winter, Evening Silence, Beauty Reflection, Voice, Winter, Beauty
Virginia Woolf Voice Winter, Evening Silence, Beauty Reflection, Voice, Winter, Beauty“Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates happiness from melancholy.” Virginia Woolf
Fine Line, Emotions Contrasts, Fragility, Reflection, Balance, Awareness
Virginia Woolf Fine Line, Emotions Contrasts, Fragility, Reflection, Balance, Awareness“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“She dares me to pour myself out like a living waterfall. She dares me to enter the soul that is more than my own; she extinguishes fear in mere seconds. She lets light come through.” Virginia Woolf
Courage, Self, Love, Fear, Transformation, Empowerment
Virginia Woolf Courage, Self, Love, Fear, Transformation, Empowerment“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf
Freedom of thought, Intellectual freedom, Mental autonomy, Knowledge, Mind, Rebellion
Virginia Woolf Freedom of thought, Intellectual freedom, Mental autonomy, Knowledge, Mind, Rebellion“It’s my choice, to choose how to live my life.” Virginia Woolf
Choice, Life, Freedom, Independence, Self-Determination, Control
Virginia Woolf Choice, Life, Freedom, Independence, Self-Determination, Control“About here, she thought, dabbling her fingers in the water, a ship had sunk, and she muttered, dreamily half asleep, how we perished, each alone.” Virginia Woolf
Water Life, Solitude Reflection, Human Nature, Water, Life, Solitude
Virginia Woolf Water Life, Solitude Reflection, Human Nature, Water, Life, Solitude“Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.” Virginia Woolf
Literature, Opinions, Self-Doubt, Public Perception, Creativity, Struggle
Virginia Woolf Literature, Opinions, Self-Doubt, Public Perception, Creativity, Struggle“For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself.” Virginia Woolf
Self Communication, Personal Struggle, Identity Crisis, Communication, Self-Discovery, Life
Virginia Woolf Self Communication, Personal Struggle, Identity Crisis, Communication, Self-Discovery, Life“Literature is open to everybody. I refuse to allow you, Beadle though you are, to turn me off the grass. Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt, that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf
Literary Freedom, Intellectual Access, Mindset, Literature, Equality, Empowerment
Virginia Woolf Literary Freedom, Intellectual Access, Mindset, Literature, Equality, Empowerment“The very stone one kicks with one’s boot will outlast Shakespeare.” Virginia Woolf
Timeless Nature, Mortality Reflection, Human Legacy, Permanence, History, Literature
Virginia Woolf Timeless Nature, Mortality Reflection, Human Legacy, Permanence, History, Literature“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
Virginia Woolf Marriage view, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Relationships, Life, Observation“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