"It's the writing, not the being read, that……" — Virginia Woolf

"It's the writing, not the being read, that excites me. Joy is in the doing."

— Virginia Woolf

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642 Quotes by Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf has 642 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly,…
If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be…
Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung…
I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I…
If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost…
King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to…
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet…
To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how…
The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.

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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites… — Ansel Adams
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Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them.… — Brandon Boyd
What inspires you, what excites you when you wake up in the morning? — Jennifer Aniston
The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies. — Walter Annenberg
Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction.… — Chris Hadfield
Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without… — Benjamin Franklin
Every tradition grows continually more venerable, and the more remote its origins, the more this is lost sight of. The… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We soon get through with nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy. — Henry David Thoreau
Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body. — Raquel Welch
Impressions arriving at the brain make it enter into activity, just as food falling into the stomach excites it to… — Pierre Jean George Cabanis
Pornography: That which excites, whether from approval or disapproval. — Unknown Author

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