"My writing now delights me solely because I love writing & dont, honestly, care a hang what anyone says." VW's diary January 15th, 1915
"I do not want people, when I come in, to look up with admiration. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions." The Waves
"I am the most passionate of women. Take away my affections and I should be like sea weed out of water; like the shell of a crab, like a husk." L IV, 202-3















