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Quote by Virginia Woolf

“There is no room for the impurities of literature in an essay.”

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This book compiles a selection of essays that delve into diverse subjects, offering insights and perspectives on a range of topics. more

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Virginia Woolf

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

“No one would think of bringing a dog into church. For though a dog is all very well on a gravel path, and shows no disrespect to flowers, the way he wanders down an aisle, looking, lifting a paw, and approaching a pillar with a purpose that makes the blood run cold with horror ... a dog destroys the service completely.”

Thinking Way Wells Shows Running Purpose Church Path Blood Dog Flower Cold Horror Wander Lifting Disrespect Pillars Aisle Paws Gravel

Book:Jacob's Room

Source: Jacob's Room

“But words have been used too often; touched and turned, and left exposed to the dust of the street. The words we seek hang close to the tree. We come at dawn and find them sweet beneath the leaf.”

Has Beens Used Left Tree Streets Sweet Dust Dawn Touched Exposed Leafs

Book:Selected Works of Virginia Woolf

Source: Selected Works of Virginia Woolf

“A writer should give direct certainty; explanations are so much water poured into the wine.”

Giving Should Water Direct Wine Certainty Explanation

Book:The Common Reader

Source: The Common Reader

“There is something about the present which we would not exchange, though we were offered a choice of all past ages to live in.”

Age Past Choices

Book:Selected essays

Source: Selected essays

“The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.”

Ifs World Walks Practice Influence Morality Integrity Highest Standards Ethics Financial Disclosure Evangelists Ethics And Integrity

Author:Billy Graham

“... the transaction between a writer and the spirit of the age is one of infinite delicacy, and upon a nice arrangement between the two the whole fortune of his works depend.”

Two Whole Age Spirit Nice Depends Infinite Fortune Arrangements Transactions Delicacy

Book:Orlando: A Biography

Source: Orlando: A Biography

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