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Quote by Virginia Woolf

“The world has raised its whip; where will it descend?”

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Book:Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition

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Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition

This Broadview Edition of Mrs. Dalloway features Virginia Woolf's seminal work, which is renowned for its innovative narrative structure and profound psychological insight. Set on a single day in London, the novel delves into the thoughts and experiences of Clarissa Dalloway, a woman reflecting on her life and the lives of those around her, while simultaneously illustrating the broader social and psychological dynamics of the time. more

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British modernist writer, known for her unique narrative techniques and profound portrayal of female experience. Her works include 'To the Lighthouse' and 'Mrs. Dalloway'. more

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“Nothing shakes my opinion of a book. Nothing -- nothing. Only perhaps if it's the book of a young person -- or of a friend -- no, even so, I think myself infallible.”

Ifs Thinking Persons Book Young Opinion Shakes Infallible

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

“The compensation of growing old ... was simply this; that the passion remains as strong as ever, but one has gained -- at last! -- the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence -- the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it round, slowly, in the light.”

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Book:Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition

Source: Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition

“Though we see the same world, we see it through different eyes. Any help we can give you must be different from that you can give yourselves, and perhaps the value of that help may lie in the fact of that difference.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

“The artist after all is a solitary being.”

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Book:Collected essays

Source: Collected essays

“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.”

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Book:The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1929-1932

Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1929-1932

“I must try to set aside half an hour in some part of my day, and consecrate it to diary writing. Give it a name and a place, and then perhaps, such is the human mind, I shall come to think it a duty, and disregard other duties for it.”

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Author:Virginia Woolf

“I like the copious, shapeless, warm, not so very clever, but extremely easy and rather coarse aspect of things; the talk of men in clubs and public-houses; of miners half naked in drawers the forthright, perfectly unassuming, and without end in view except dinner, love, money and getting along tolerably; that which is without great hopes, ideals, or anything of that kind; what is unassuming except to make a tolerably, good job of it. I like all that.”

Source: Selected Works of Virginia Woolf

“Lines slip easily down the accustomed grooves. The old designs are copied so glibly that we are half inclined to think them original, save for that very glibness.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

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Book:Selected essays

Source: Selected essays

“Happily, at forty-six I still feel as experimental and on the verge of getting at the truth as ever.”

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Book:A moment's liberty: the shorter diary

Source: A moment's liberty: the shorter diary