If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers? Virginia Woolf advantagebrothercambridge share on social
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. Virginia Woolf controlenjoyfreedom Change image and share on social
The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. Virginia Woolf anonymitycompletenesstruth Change image and share on social
Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order. Virginia Woolf bringcreativeodd Change image and share on social
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. Virginia Woolf batterlikemisfortune Change image and share on social
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. Virginia Woolf actionnoblprecede Change image and share on social
Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. Virginia Woolf dielifeorder Change image and share on social
It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly. Virginia Woolf fatalmanmanly Change image and share on social
If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share. Virginia Woolf benefitcountryfight share on social