"War is not women's history." — Virginia Woolf

"War is not women's history."

— 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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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
War is what happens when language fails. — Margaret Atwood
For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to… — Michelle Bachelet
Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. — Michelle Bachelet
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. — Abigail Adams
I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower… — Robert Ballard
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It… — Steve Ballmer
It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. — Tallulah Bankhead
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. — Roseanne Barr
The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those… — Glenn Beck
I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their… — Susie Bright
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. — David Brin

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