“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
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“What is the meaning of life? That was all- a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
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“Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.”
― Jacob's Room
― Jacob's Room
“All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
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