About Virginia Woolf
1882 – 1941
English author and essayist considered one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. Known for stream-of-consciousness writing and pioneering essays on women and literature.
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“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”
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“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
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“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
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“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
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“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”