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Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own Quotes: Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
         

Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.


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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.



No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.



A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.



The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.



For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.

For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.



All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.

All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.



Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it's place?

Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it's place?



Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.

Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.



They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.

They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.



Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.

Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.





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I don't like precious things; I don't spend thousands of dollars on jewellery for myself. I like going into a junk store and finding something for five dollars. That's my style.

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It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

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If I really want to do something, I'll go in and do whatever the director feels that he needs me to do.

If I really want to do something, I'll go in and do whatever the director feels that he needs me to do.



Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came.

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Virtue alone is true nobility.




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