Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art. Virginia Woolf artcandyhuman Change image and share on social
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. Virginia Woolf foreigngifthumor Change image and share on social
The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers. Virginia Woolf clotheconnectiondress Change image and share on social
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf dreamidlenesssubmerge Change image and share on social
A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out. Virginia Woolf curtaindrawessay Change image and share on social
A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back. Virginia Woolf backcompletefinish Change image and share on social
There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and not we, them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking. Virginia Woolf armbrainbreast share on social
The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. Virginia Woolf anonymitycompletenesstruth Change image and share on social
My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for? Virginia Woolf brainburybuzz Change image and share on social