Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century.
When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly. Use this quote
It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work. Use this quote
It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses. Use this quote
Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art. Use this quote
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. Use this quote
The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness. Use this quote
Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth. Use this quote
Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry. Use this quote
We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
