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Virginia Woolf on Women

1882–1941 England

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I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

A Room of One's Own (1929)

As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.

Orlando: A Biography (1928)

The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman.

Granite and Rainbow (1958)

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

A Room of One's Own (1929)

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

A Room of One's Own (1929)

Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

A Room of One's Own (1929)

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Virginia Woolf (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.