Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century.
For most of history, Anonymous was a woman. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. Use this quote
You cannot find peace by avoiding life. Use this quote
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Use this quote
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Use this quote
Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? Use this quote
Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them. Use this quote
It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. Use this quote
If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully? Use this quote
