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Quote by Virginia Woolf

“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.”

Book:A Writer's Diary

Work

A Writer's Diary

This book offers a glimpse into the thoughts and experiences of a celebrated writer, providing readers with a unique perspective on the creative process and the challenges of crafting literature. more

Author

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

“...black women write differently from white women. This is the most marked difference of all those combinations of black and white, male and female. It's not so much that women write differently from men, but that black women write differently from white women. Black men don't write very differently from white men.”

Men Writing Black Differences White Female Males Combination Black And White White Man Black Women

Book:Conversations with Toni Morrison

Source: Conversations with Toni Morrison

“Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings.”

Men Passion Heaven Understanding

Book:William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose

Source: William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose

“Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.”

Reason Body Energy Eternal Bounds Delight

Book:Blake: The Complete Poems

Source: Blake: The Complete Poems