"On the outskirts of every agony sits some……" — Virginia Woolf

"On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points."

— Virginia Woolf

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642 Quotes by Virginia Woolf

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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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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. — Maya Angelou
In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God. — Hannah More
Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can't unless we are so closely identified with… — Oswald Chambers
Since I only got one life to ive, God forgive me for my sins, let me make it and i'll… — Tupac Shakur
You learn more from ten days of agony than from ten years of content. — Sally Jessy Raphael
All life is interrelated. The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have… — Albert Camus
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of… — Aldous Huxley
The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other… — Aberjhani
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need… — Sydney J. Harris
Controlled hysteria is what's required. To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It's agony. But everyone has agony.… — Arthur Miller

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