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’s Quotes On Topics
Uniform Symbolism | Water’s Nature | Dual Nature | Illusion | Personal Struggles | Death's Reality | Longing | Emotional Yearning | Gender Change | Moderation | Swift Movement | Views | Musical Warning | Sexual Instinct | Literary Groundbreaking | Fragmented Efforts | Emotional Void | Hope | Endless Possibilities | Aging Perspective | More
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
“Fiction here is likely to contain more truth than fact.” Virginia Woolf
Fiction Truth, Life Reality, Writing Art, Fiction, Truth, Reality
Virginia Woolf Fiction Truth, Life Reality, Writing Art, Fiction, Truth, Reality“I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot.” Virginia Woolf
Writing Rhythm, Creative Process, Plot Freedom, Writing, Creativity, Process
Virginia Woolf Writing Rhythm, Creative Process, Plot Freedom, Writing, Creativity, Process“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“No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.” Virginia Woolf
Missed Connections, Communication Struggles, Life Reflections, Words, Isolation, Expression
Virginia Woolf Missed Connections, Communication Struggles, Life Reflections, Words, Isolation, Expression“Therefore I would ask you to write all kinds of books, hesitating at no subject however trivial or however vast. 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
Creative Writing, Writing Topics, Literary Exploration, Books, Travel, Dreams
Virginia Woolf Creative Writing, Writing Topics, Literary Exploration, Books, Travel, Dreams“The immense success of our life is, I think, that our treasure is hid away; or rather in such common things that nothing can touch it.” Virginia Woolf
Simple Treasures, Inner Wealth, Protection, Contentment, Simplicity, Gratitude
Virginia Woolf Simple Treasures, Inner Wealth, Protection, Contentment, Simplicity, Gratitude“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.” Virginia Woolf
Spiritual Guidance, Creative Refuge, Friend Support, Religion, Poetry, Friends
Virginia Woolf Spiritual Guidance, Creative Refuge, Friend Support, Religion, Poetry, Friends“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“When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.” Virginia Woolf
Ordinary beauty, Hidden meaning, Sensory satisfaction, Art, Perception, Aesthetics
Virginia Woolf Ordinary beauty, Hidden meaning, Sensory satisfaction, Art, Perception, Aesthetics“Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.” Virginia Woolf
Foreign Humor, Language Barriers, Cultural Gifts, Humor, Language, Culture
Virginia Woolf Foreign Humor, Language Barriers, Cultural Gifts, Humor, Language, Culture“The thing about Proust is his combination of the utmost sensibility with the utmost tenacity. He searches out these butterfly shades to the last grain. He is as tough as catgut and as evanescent as a butterfly’s bloom.” Virginia Woolf
Proust's writing, Literary sensibility, Persevering spirit, Literature, Sensitivity, Writing
Virginia Woolf Proust's writing, Literary sensibility, Persevering spirit, Literature, Sensitivity, Writing“Richard has improved. You are right,” said Sally. “I shall go and talk to him. I shall say goodnight. What does the brain matter,” said Lady Rosseter, getting up, “compared with the heart?” “I will come,” said Peter, but he sat on for a moment. What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with extraordinary excitement? It is Clarissa, he said. For there she was.” Virginia Woolf
Heart vs Brain, Emotional Excitement, Terror Ecstasy, Love, Emotion, Mind
Virginia Woolf Heart vs Brain, Emotional Excitement, Terror Ecstasy, Love, Emotion, Mind“I feel all shadows of the universe multiplied deep inside my skin.” Virginia Woolf
Universal Shadows, Internal Depths, Emotional Shadows, Universe, Emotion, Depth
Virginia Woolf Universal Shadows, Internal Depths, Emotional Shadows, Universe, Emotion, Depth“Life without illusion is a ghostly affair.” Virginia Woolf
Power Of Illusion, Reality Reflected, Meaningful Living, Illusion, Life, Mystery
Virginia Woolf Power Of Illusion, Reality Reflected, Meaningful Living, Illusion, Life, Mystery“Gold runs in our blood.” Virginia Woolf
Inherent Wealth, Precious Blood, Inner Value, Wealth, Blood, Value
Virginia Woolf Inherent Wealth, Precious Blood, Inner Value, Wealth, Blood, Value“To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.” Virginia Woolf
Professional independence, Social critique, Family dependency, Freedom, Career, Family
Virginia Woolf Professional independence, Social critique, Family dependency, Freedom, Career, Family“Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.” Virginia Woolf
Action Thought, Theory Action, Philosophy Knowledge, Action, Philosophy, Thought
Virginia Woolf Action Thought, Theory Action, Philosophy Knowledge, Action, Philosophy, Thought