“The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with the energy of their fall. The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled as the backs of great horses ripple with muscles as they move. The waves fell; withdrew and fell again, like the thud of a great beast stamping.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“The sound of Big Ben striking the half-hour struck out between them with extraordinary vigour, as if a young man, strong, indifferent, inconsiderate, were swinging dumb-bells this way and that.”
― Mrs. Dalloway (annotated): The Virginia Woolf Library Annotated Edition
― Mrs. Dalloway (annotated): The Virginia Woolf Library Annotated Edition
“I dig out beautiful caves behind my characters; I think that gives exactly what I want; humanity, humor, depth. The idea is that the caves shall connect, & each comes to daylight at the present moment.”
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“We are cut, we are fallen. We are become part of that unfeeling universe
that sleeps when we are at our quickest and burns red when we lie
asleep.”
― The Waves
that sleeps when we are at our quickest and burns red when we lie
asleep.”
― The Waves
“Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I'm never not thinking of you.”
― Selected Diaries
― Selected Diaries
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