Virginia Woolf was one of the most prominent English writers during the modernist 20th century. Her works with the themes of feminism and stream of consciousness have been well-celebrated across the world. Here are 7 profound quotes by her on writing and feminism.
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”
“Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
“When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness—I am nothing.”
“Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”