“ one doesn't want to be things; one wants merely to be allowed to see them. ”
Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (1915). copy citation
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
|---|---|
| Source | The Voyage Out |
| Topic | |
| Date | 1915 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/144/144-h/144-h.htm |
Context
“These other people," he indicated the hotel, "are always wanting something they can't get. But there's an extraordinary satisfaction in writing, even in the attempt to write. What you said just now is true: one doesn't want to be things; one wants merely to be allowed to see them."
Some of the satisfaction of which he spoke came into his face as he gazed out to sea.
It was Rachel's turn now to feel depressed. As he talked of writing he had become suddenly impersonal. He might never care for any one;”
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