The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.
Virginia Woolf
Humor Aging, Unconventional Joy, Boldness, Freedom, Playfulness, Rebellion
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More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.” Virginia Woolf
Desire for escape, Hidden longing, Ordinary life, Dream, Yearning, Introspection
Virginia Woolf Desire for escape, Hidden longing, Ordinary life, Dream, Yearning, Introspection“Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us.” Virginia Woolf
Clothing Symbolism, Perception Image, Identity, Expression, Style, Influence
Virginia Woolf Clothing Symbolism, Perception Image, Identity, Expression, Style, Influence“Praise and blame alike mean nothing. No, delightful as the pastime of measuring may be, it is the most futile of all occupations, and to submit to the decrees of the measurers the most servile of attitudes.” Virginia Woolf
Praise Judgment, Blame Reflection, Life Freedom, Praise, Life, Judgment
Virginia Woolf Praise Judgment, Blame Reflection, Life Freedom, Praise, Life, Judgment“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“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“First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles dissolved in the air.” Virginia Woolf
Time passage, Irrevocable moment, Musical warning, Time, Change, Fate
Virginia Woolf Time passage, Irrevocable moment, Musical warning, Time, Change, Fate“Peace was the third emotion. Love. Hate. Peace. Three emotions made the ply of human life.” Virginia Woolf
Emotional balance, Three emotions, Human experience, Peace, Love, Hate
Virginia Woolf Emotional balance, Three emotions, Human experience, Peace, Love, Hate“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.” Virginia Woolf
Gender, Thought, Independence, Feminism, Womanhood, Freedom
Virginia Woolf Gender, Thought, Independence, Feminism, Womanhood, Freedom“Love had a thousand shapes.” Virginia Woolf
Many Loves, Love Shapes, Love Diversity, Emotions, Relationships, Feelings
Virginia Woolf Many Loves, Love Shapes, Love Diversity, Emotions, Relationships, Feelings“I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing: have no time to waste any more on prose.” Virginia Woolf
Romantic Passion, Creative Focus, Personal Drive, Energy, Time, Creativity
Virginia Woolf Romantic Passion, Creative Focus, Personal Drive, Energy, Time, Creativity“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“Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders.” Virginia Woolf
Biographer Creativity, Writing Facts, Knowledge Reflection, Biographer, Writing, Knowledge
Virginia Woolf Biographer Creativity, Writing Facts, Knowledge Reflection, Biographer, Writing, Knowledge“Did nature supplement what man advanced? Did she complete what he began? With equal complacence she saw his misery, condoned his meanness and acquiesced in his torture.” Virginia Woolf
Nature’s Role, Human Struggle, Complacent Observation, Nature, Human, Struggle
Virginia Woolf Nature’s Role, Human Struggle, Complacent Observation, Nature, Human, Struggle“They came to her, naturally, since she was a woman, all day long with this and that; one wanting this, another that; the children were growing up; she often felt she was nothing but a sponge sopped full of human emotions.” Virginia Woolf
Woman Family, Caregiving Emotions, Life Relationships, Woman, Family, Life
Virginia Woolf Woman Family, Caregiving Emotions, Life Relationships, Woman, Family, Life“That great Cathedral space which was childhood.” Virginia Woolf
Childhood memories, Cathedral imagery, Sacred space, Childhood, Religion, Memory
Virginia Woolf Childhood memories, Cathedral imagery, Sacred space, Childhood, Religion, Memory“I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.” Virginia Woolf
Self-Expression, Solitude, Giving, Independence, Personal Growth, Desire
Virginia Woolf Self-Expression, Solitude, Giving, Independence, Personal Growth, Desire“For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.” Virginia Woolf
Pleasure Sharing, Human Connection, Happiness, Relationships, Joy, Solitude
Virginia Woolf Pleasure Sharing, Human Connection, Happiness, Relationships, Joy, Solitude