“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
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One cannot think well, love well, sleep
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Category: love
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Let a man get up and say,
“Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Category: truth
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There can be no two opinions as
“There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Category: intelligence
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It seems as if an age of
“It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Category: work
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This soul, or life within us, by
“This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Category: courage
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