Virginia Woolf

England
25 Jan 1882 // 28 Mar 1941
Writer

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

The Waves

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The Waves

Virginia Woolf

 

On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays