Amber Quote by Virginia Woolf Download Open image “I am reading Henry James...and feel myself as one entombed in a block of smooth amber.” — Virginia Woolf ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Amber Block Feels Henry james Reading Smooth
“Even as a child I had had at intervals a fondness for observing strange forms in nature, not so much examining them as surrendering myself to their magic, their oblique message. Long tree-roots, coloured veins in rock, patches of oil floating on water, flaws in glass—all such things had a certain fascination for me, above all, water and fire, smoke,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share
“Can you say those words and not like it? Don't it bring to you a magnificent picture of the pristine world, - great seas and other skies, - a world of accentuated crises, that sloughed off age after age, and rose fresher from each plunge? Don't you see, or long to see, that mysterious magic tree out of whose pores… — Harriet Prescott Spofford Copy Share
I was trapped in admiration for what I had once admired, as a fly in amber remains the captive of some long-vanished pine. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The thing [Henry James'] novel is about is always there. It is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“I am by nature an inward man, he said silently into the disconnected phone. I have struggled, in my fashion, to find my way… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Did you know, that one night; one moonless, clear, shining night; with the shadowy silhouettes of trees crisp against the star-filled sky – I,… — Radhika Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“I was suddenly made aware of another world of beauty and mystery such as I had never imagined to exist, except in poetry. It… — Bede Griffiths Copy Share Image
“What were the conditions in which women lived, I asked myself; for fiction, imaginative work that is, is not dropped like a pebble upon the ground, as science may be; fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible; Shakespeare's plays, for instance,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share
“I tutored myself in the art of solemnity, kept my euphoria private, and adopted a serious demeanour in keeping with everyone else and the general ambience of the house. I continued my solitary daily walks about the estate, carefully choreographing scenes and conversations yet to happen. I returned to those places of our clandestine moments together, replaying them in my… — Judith Kinghorn Copy Share
“The blue sky, the brown soil beneath, the grass, the trees, the animals, the wind, and rain, and stars are never strange to me;… — William Henry Hudson Copy Share Image
but that mimosa grove - the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little… — Vladimir Nabokov 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
“I don't know what this feeling is... I only know that I feel safe in your arms. My heart races every time I see… — Sarah West Copy Share Image
I have been much amused at ye singular phenomena resulting from bringing of a needle into contact with a piece of amber or resin… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Dear Amber Hope,You're amazing, Funny, creative, and yet soooo pretty xD Don't let anyone I mean ANYONE tell you different! 'Cause they are soooo… — Jasmine Copy Share Image
There is an infinity of landscape here, caused by the purity of the atmosphere. It has been said that there is a lack of… — Hans Heysen Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of artist that wants to get a sound, refine it, and do it 'til I'm 50 so that it's the… — Doseone Copy Share Image
“I peel hiss tense fingers on his right hand away from the steering wheel, one two three four five. With each finger, the scowl… — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to say that there's something truly intimate about sharing food with the people you love." [Stacey] "Intimate? Sharing food? People you… — Laurie Faria Stolarz Copy Share Image
I didn't expect to be doing a whole bunch of Amber Browns. And because it was just one book, and the father had moved… — Paula Danziger Copy Share Image
Most cats feel that bird-catching is their duty; the instinct goes back to prehistoric times. Amber keeps in practice by chasing moths. — Gladys Taber Copy Share Image
“Cade motions with a nod to follow him. He's holding the pole, and I'm the fish on the line. Just how far will he… — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
His smell—the scent of a demon, cinnamon incense, amber musk—wrapped around me, filled my lungs. I felt like I could breathe again, without every… — Lilith Saintcrow Copy Share Image
Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
![“The thing [Henry James'] novel is about is always there. It is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on the altar, very reverently placed, intensely there, is a dead kitten, an egg-shell, a bit of string.” quote by H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/19f/h-g-wells-2-1299_books_the-thing-henry-james-novel-is-about-is_138893.jpg)
![“My grandmother used to say that there's something truly intimate about sharing food with the people you love." [Stacey] "Intimate? Sharing food? People you love?" Amber raises an eyebrow. "Um, no offense, Stace, but it sounds like Gram was into food kink.” quote by Laurie Faria Stolarz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d72/laurie-faria-stolarz-10096_amber_my-grandmother-used-to-say-that-there-s_116763.jpg)
