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Speak Quotes by Virginia Woolf
- I need a little language such as lovers use, words of one syllable such as children speak when they come into the room and find…
- It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple; one must be woman-manly or man-womanly. It is fatal for a woman to…
- There is no stability in this world. Who is to say what meaning there is in anything? Who is to foretell the flight of a…
- All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak…
- But when the self speaks to the self, who is speaking? The entombed soul, the spirit driven in, in, in to the central catacomb; the…
- While fame impedes and constricts, obscurity wraps about a man like a mist; obscurity is dark, ample, and free; obscurity lets the mind take its…
- This self now as I leant over the gate looking down over fields rolling in waves of colour beneath me made no answer. He threw…
- Tell me", he wanted to say, "everything in the whole world" - for he had the wildest, most absurd, extravagant ideas about poets and poetry…
More Speak Quotes
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. — Jane Austen
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak… — Francis Bacon
- People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. — Francis Bacon
- I'm just the messenger here. I'm just another representative of my faith, so to speak. — Stephen Baldwin
- It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. — Arthur Balfour
- Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we… — J. G. Ballard
- I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed. — Brigitte Bardot
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim