But one only woke people if one knew what one wanted to say to them. And she wanted to say not one thing, but everything. Little words that broke up the thought and dismembered it said nothing. 'About life, about death; about Mrs Ramsay' – no, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody.


Part III, Chapter 5. - To the Lighthouse (1927)

Virginia Woolf Quotes

But one only woke people if one knew what one wanted to say to them. And she wanted to say not one thing, but everything. Little words that broke up...

But one only woke people if one knew what one wanted to say to them. And she wanted to say not one thing, but everything. Little words that broke up...

But one only woke people if one knew what one wanted to say to them. And she wanted to say not one thing, but everything. Little words that broke up...

But one only woke people if one knew what one wanted to say to them. And she wanted to say not one thing, but everything. Little words that broke up...