Virginia Woolf

Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.

Virginia Woolf

I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.

Virginia Woolf

I desired always to stretch the night and fill it fuller and fuller with dreams.

Virginia Woolf

I detest the masculine point of view. I am bored by his heroism, virtue, and honour. I think the best these men can do is not talk about themselves anymore.

Virginia Woolf

I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.

Virginia Woolf

I don’t believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun.

Virginia Woolf

I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older.

Virginia Woolf

I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it’s ripe; it will be exquisite by September.

Virginia Woolf

I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.

Virginia Woolf

I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls.

Virginia Woolf