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The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924 QUOTES

The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924 QUOTES

1 " Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having. "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

2 " To leave a door shut that might be open is in my eyes some form of blasphemy. "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

3 " Sometimes it seems to me that I shall never write out all the books I have in my head, because of the strain. The devilish thing about writing is that it calls upon every nerve to hold itself taut. This is exactly what I cannot do-- "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

4 " It was the stupidity of virility that impressed me--& how, having made those convenient railway lines of convention, the lusts speed along them unquestioning. "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

5 " Then there's Queen Victoria, like a large tea cosy, & Wellington, sleek as a mastiff with paw extended . . . "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

6 " So we went to the Zoo; & I daresay I could write something interesting about that--a pale stone desert given over to charwomen & decorators: a few bears, a mandrill, & a fox or two--all in the desolation of depression. "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

7 " London thou art a jewel of jewels, & jasper of jocunditie -- music, talk, friendship, city views, books, publishing, something central & inexplicable. "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

8 " There's no doubt in my mind that I have found out how to begin (at 40) to say something in my own voice; & that interests me so that I feel I can go ahead without praise.' (26 July 1922) "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924

9 " One always sees the soul through words. (22 July 1922) "

― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two: 1920-1924