Virginia Woolf quotes - page 12
Virginia Woolf was a British writer and leading figure of modernist literature. Her innovative narrative techniques and exploration of consciousness helped redefine the novel. She remains celebrated for her influential works and profound impact on literary history. Here are 500 of her quotes:
Here I come to one of the memoir writer's difficulties - one of the reasons why, though I read so many, so many are failures. They leave out the person to whom things happened. The reason is that it is so difficult to describe any human being. So they say: ‘This is what happened'; but they do not say what the person was like to whom it happened. Who was I then? Adeline Virginia Stephen, the second daughter of Leslie and Julia Prinsep Stephen, born on 25th January 1882, descended from a great many people, some famous, others obscure; born into a large connection, born not of rich parents, but of well-to-do parents, born into a very communicative, literate, letter writing, visiting, articulate, late nineteenth century world.
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Occupation: English Author
Born: January 25, 1882
Died: March 28, 1941
Quotes count: 500
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