"What is this terror? what is this ecstasy?……" — Virginia Woolf
"What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with this extraordinary excitement? It is Clarissa, he said. For there she was."
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Virginia Woolf
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642 Quotes by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf has 642 quotes on this site.
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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly,…
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If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be…
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Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
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Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung…
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I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
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Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I…
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If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost…
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King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to…
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet…
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To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
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Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how…
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The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.
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More Clarissa Quotes
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With people in the world such as 'Jamie Oliver' and [TV chef] Clarissa Dickson-Wright there isn't much hope for animals.
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These days, Clarissa believes, you measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. You get tired, sometimes,…
— Michael Cunningham
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Love and religion! thought Clarissa, going back into the drawing room, tingling all over. How detestable, how detestable they are!
— Virginia Woolf
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Clarissa," he said, "here with the vampire, I see. When things have settled a bit, we really must discuss you…
— Cassandra Clare
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In future, Clarissa," he said, "it might be wise to mention that you already have a man in your bed,…
— Cassandra Clare
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Why can't I go to Idris with you, then? Because it's not safe for you there O and it's safe…
— Cassandra Clare
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And the Clave wants to meet Clarissa. You know that, Jace." "The Clave can screw itself." "Jace," Maryse said, sounding…
— Cassandra Clare
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She came into a room; she stood, as he had often seen her, in a doorway with lots of people…
— Virginia Woolf
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Being a Silent Brother is life, Clary Fray. But if you mean I remember my life before the Brotherhood, I…
— Cassandra Clare
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You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.
— Cassandra Clare
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There are memories that time can't erase, Clarissa. Ask your friend, Magnus Bane, if you don't believe me. Forever does…
— Cassandra Clare
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We had and incident. I took care of it." "Really." Jace's voice dripped sarcasm. "Do you even know how to…
— Cassandra Clare
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