![A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MEJmjxHeug4/X1thRXQa94I/AAAAAAAAFsU/NJ2Keeby_uk8oJp3ppmVOoEJXifCNjz5ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-woman-must-have-money-and-a-room-of-her-own-if-she-is-to-write-fiction.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Virginia Woolf
![A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MEJmjxHeug4/X1thRXQa94I/AAAAAAAAFsU/NJ2Keeby_uk8oJp3ppmVOoEJXifCNjz5ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-woman-must-have-money-and-a-room-of-her-own-if-she-is-to-write-fiction.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![What does the brain matter compared with the heart?](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5nQhNS0QdJ8/X1uPx9WoamI/AAAAAAAALPs/b5afc4JjaUsWf6Uio5vxfkhuiyB9BAnqACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/what-does-the-brain-matter-compared-with-the-heart.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
What does the brain matter compared with the heart?
![Love, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RCo9UVazpos/X1t1k6cRLOI/AAAAAAAAIWk/milIx7b4QbUuRb_dyRneFg7iBeMHrMYAQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/love-the-poet-said-is-womans-whole-existence.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Love, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.
![Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bsq8e7PZ2Fg/X1tn9GwvIcI/AAAAAAAAGng/P-WHZZbf6sUjv9t66RNQtArv1CltlTRvACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/growing-up-is-losing-some-illusions-in-order-to-acquire-others.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
![One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u8D2FzL0MLU/X1t3zbeDFRI/AAAAAAAAIw8/F9FEAFY-kyEOaOz9HjEMog-ZYSpAI80kwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/one-cannot-think-well-love-well-sleep-well-if-one-has-not-dined-well.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
![Books are the mirrors of the soul.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-alHqetsGu44/X1th2zRZ5JI/AAAAAAAAF1M/NV_fl22-IBcOCZfGmsO6hTihuDgoOJXOwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/books-are-the-mirrors-of-the-soul.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Books are the mirrors of the soul.
![Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TNpFJhXkvrk/X1tdblT8tAI/AAAAAAAAFls/irDqSFKzTjs1XKcaB5NjjWErGDWnJjNXACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/anon-who-wrote-so-many-poems-without-signing-them-was-often-a-woman.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
![He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QMt1azilFFo/X1toZEcB76I/AAAAAAAAGu4/EN5qrW-FMoswNd1wqFAYQbVPlCZBqXLDQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/he-who-robs-us-of-our-dreams-robs-us-of-our-life.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.
![You cannot find peace by avoiding life.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yG3XcPgZSYY/X0bST3kZNjI/AAAAAAAAFP0/wvfcfILQwKQXHShyzQ6UDhGrWpgI1YjzQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2auf-gU/w750-h750-p/you-cannot-find-peace-by-avoiding-life-quotes-by-virginia-woolf-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-peace.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
![For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bVIaadrOJok/X0bBkQQ4Y3I/AAAAAAAACB4/lXqsMkDWZIkd1noU3xZ3XskAFsavtX30ACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/for-most-of-history-anonymous-was-a-woman-quotes-by-virginia-woolf-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-history.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.
![Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6jyuMw5Pids/X1uO4qfZR1I/AAAAAAAALE4/bN7GqXd4TZA9e7LybO1kF_VCc3k6EWgHACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/was-not-writing-poetry-a-secret-transaction-a-voice-answering-a-voice.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?
![Arrange whatever pieces come your way.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CmAiAn1z-Ww/X1tdk8IFWpI/AAAAAAAAFn8/c_GarZBVPCEgwlhmbx2IbYc-9vPzKnhogCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/arrange-whatever-pieces-come-your-way.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)