Today is the birthday of Adeline Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941), author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories."You cannot find peace by avoiding life."
— Virginia Woolf
"We live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep. It's as simple and ordinary as that. A few jump out windows, or drown themselves, or take pills; more die by accident; and most of us are slowly devoured by some disease, or, if we're very fortunate, by time itself. There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds & expectations, to burst open & give us everything we've ever imagined, though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) know these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning, we hope, more than anything for more. Heaven only knows why we love it so."
— Virginia Woolf
"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."
— Virginia Woolf
"When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?"
— Virginia Woolf
"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people"
— Virginia Woolf
"Growing up is loosing some illusions, in order to acquire others."
— Virginia Woolf
Woolf image source (1)
No comments:
Post a Comment