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A Room of One's Own quotes

Virginia Woolf

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt, that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
“truth is only to be had by laying together many varieties of error.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
“The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
“For books have a way of influencing each other. Fiction will be much the better for standing cheek by jowl with poetry and philosophy.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

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