For it is a curious fact that though human beings have such imperfect means of communication, that they can only say 'good to eat' when they mean 'beautiful' and the other way about, they will yet endure ridicule and misunderstanding rather than keep any experience to themselves.


Selected Works of Virginia Woolf (ed. Wordsworth Editions, 2007) - ISBN: 9781840225587


For it is a curious fact that though human beings have such imperfect means of communication, that they can only say 'good to eat' when they mean...

For it is a curious fact that though human beings have such imperfect means of communication, that they can only say 'good to eat' when they mean...

For it is a curious fact that though human beings have such imperfect means of communication, that they can only say 'good to eat' when they mean...

For it is a curious fact that though human beings have such imperfect means of communication, that they can only say 'good to eat' when they mean...