--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had…" description: "\"“What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had always seemed to her, when, with a little squeak of the hinges, which she could hear now, she had burst open..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/virginia-woolf-49_early-morning_what-a-lark-what-a-plunge-for-so-it-had_1398912.jpg" --- # What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had always seemed to… ![“What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had always seemed to her, when, with a little squeak of the hinges, which she could hear now, she had burst open the French windows and plunged at Bourton into the open air. How fresh, how calm, stiller than this of course, the air was in the early morning…” quote by Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/virginia-woolf-49_early-morning_what-a-lark-what-a-plunge-for-so-it-had_1398912.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/virginia-woolf-49_early-morning_what-a-lark-what-a-plunge-for-so-it-had_1398912.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/virginia-woolf-49_early-morning_what-a-lark-what-a-plunge-for-so-it-had_1398912.jpg) > ““What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had always seemed to her, when, with a little squeak of the hinges, which she could hear now, she had burst open the French windows and plunged at Bourton into the open air. How fresh, how calm, stiller than this of course, the air was in the early morning; like the flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave; chill and sharp and yet (for a girl of eighteen as she then was) solemn, feeling as she did, standing there at the open window, that something awful was about to happen; looking at the flowers, at the trees with the smoke winding off them and the rooks rising, falling; standing and looking until Peter Walsh said, "Musing among the vegetables?"—was that it?—"I prefer men to cauliflowers"—was that it? He must have said it at breakfast one morning when she had gone out on to the terrace—Peter Walsh. He would be back from India one of these days, June or July, she forgot which, for his letters were awfully dull; it was his sayings one remembered; his eyes, his pocket-knife, his smile, his grumpiness and, when millions of things had utterly vanished—how strange it was!—a few sayings like this about cabbages.”” [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A young woman experiences a vivid, sensory awakening at a window, mixing anticipation, fear, and the ordinary with the extraordinary. **In simple terms:** A moment of intense, mixed emotions at a window. Key Takeaway Embrace fleeting moments of heightened awareness. Themes awakening anticipation fear ordinary vs extraordinary Mood contemplative melancholic Type literary psychological When to use this quote - morning routines - creative writing - travel experiences - personal reflection Key Concepts existentialism sensory perception psychology Questions to Reflect On - What triggers your moments of heightened perception? - How do you navigate fear in beautiful moments? 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