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10 Quotes of Wisdom from Virginia Woolf

By January 25, 2016January 24th, 2018Authors, Quotations

There are authors, famous authors and then there are authors like Virginia Woolf (25 Jan 1882 – 28 March 1941) who are a household name. Whether you’ve read anything by her or not you have no doubt heard the name Virginia Woolf at some point along your literary travels.

English writer and modernist, Virginia’s influence is still felt today in modern works. Virginia led an interesting if not always happy life, the author suffered from terrible bouts of depression and in 1941 took her own life by drowning.

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”

“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.”

“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”

“The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”

“Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.” 

“But then anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.” 

“I really don’t advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married”

“Friendships, even the best of them, are frail things. One drifts apart.”

“How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?”

“Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m never not thinking of you.”

Wonderful quotes from a wonderful author; such a pity she was plagued with mental health issues for much of her life and such a sadly premature end to a prolific and worthwhile life.

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