Britishness Quote by Virginia Woolf Download Open image ““(But he could not bring himself to say he loved her; not in so many words.)”” — Virginia Woolf ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Britishness Humour Love
“...she gave him all the love she could not give herself. She loved him becasue he was the embodiment of those attributes she wanted… — Lilian Pizzichini Copy Share Image
“How could he claim to love her, when he did not love what was essential in her?” — Cecilia Grant Copy Share Image
“The way he had always tried to tell her he loved her when she least expected it.” — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“She loved this man. This wonderful, respectiful, willful man. And she couldn’t even tell him.” — Justine Dell Copy Share Image
“He really loved her, despite his conflicting thoughts. He even loved her before she became lovable.” — Leanne Davis Copy Share Image
“She said she didn't love him, and he said it didn't matter, and the poverty of their words brought tears to their eyes.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“More talk of love would lead to the difficulties surrounding...Oh, God, he loved her, he did, she did, they did, it was. It was.” — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“He loved her as though it had never occurred to him that he could feel otherwise. She wanted to be someone who deserved a… — Claire Vaye Watkins Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t just that he loved her; it was that he loved her, in particular.” — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“He'd loved her, he had. And he knew she loved him, he knew it! But it wasn't enough. She couldn't have imagined such a… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“She may not have loved him first, but now he knew she loved him last.” — Felix Alexander Copy Share Image
“The train slows and lengthens, as we approach London, the centre, and my heart draws out too, in fear, in exaltation. I am about… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword. On one side all is correct, definite, orderly; the paths… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Other worshipful objects were content with worship; men, women, God, all let one kneel prostrate; but this form, were it only the shape of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Sometimes he woke with a brain like lead; at others it was as if a thousand wax tapers were alight and people were throwing… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman. It is only when we know what were the conditions of the average woman's life -… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
A veil of insanity everywhere: Oh why I was born in this age? It is a terrible age. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Love ought to stop on both sides, don’t you think, simultaneously?’ He spoke without any stress on the words, so as not to wake… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“It is so vast an alleviation to be able to point for another to look at. And then not to talk. To follow the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“What a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! (...) I think I could happily live here & read forever.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The fact that the Hegnish have absolutely no interest in any people except themselves can also cause offense, or even rage. Foreigners exist. That… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“I certainly didn't concur with Edward on everything, but I was damned if I would hear him abused without saying a word. And I… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The myth that the island of Britain was the God-given property of Welsh-speaking peoples stolen by the Saxons meant that the Welsh were reluctant… — Simon Brooks Copy Share Image
“You know I am too English to get up a vehement friendship all at once.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“The newspaper was always behind the news, not in front. You shouldn't ever go to the papers for information. They usually printed what they… — George Lamming Copy Share Image
“Peter Pastmaster and the absurdly youthful colonel of the new force were drawing up a list of suitable officers in Bratts Club. 'Most of… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“It's a shithole but at least I can get a decent brew.' How very British, I thought to myself.” — Kerry Daynes Copy Share Image
