Virginia Woolf
10 quotes
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Moments of Being (1976)”
“Language is wine upon the lips. The Waves (1931)”
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world. Three Guineas (1938)”
“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters. A Room of One's Own (1929), Ch. 3”
“I am rooted, but I flow. The Waves (1931)”
“Books are the mirrors of the soul. Between the Acts (1941)”
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. A Room of One's Own (1929), Ch. 1”
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. A Room of One's Own (1929), Ch. 4”
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman. A Room of One's Own (1929), Ch. 4”
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. A Room of One's Own (1929), Ch. 1”