Every secret of a writers soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works. – Virginia Woolf
The history of mens opposition to womens emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. – Virginia Woolf
Those comfortably padded lunatic asylums which are known, euphemistically, as the stately homes of England. – Virginia Woolf
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. – Virginia Woolf
Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy – the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health – should provide those funds. – Steven Rattner