"We are nauseated by the sight of..." - Quote by Virginia Woolf

“All artists need a room of their own”

“Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one day at least of every year, was made obvious.”

“Let us record the atoms as they fall upon the mind in the order in which they fall.”

“Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.”

“In literature imitations do not imitate.”

“Everything that is printed and bound in a book contains some echo at least of the best that is in literature.”

“Well, what Cory Booker and John Lewis are right about is to talk about the racist past of Donald Trump.”

“I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 % American as 99 % an idiot. And they adore me.”

“Ask any real estate broker to name the three most important factors in buying a property, and he'll say: "Location, location, location." Now ask him to name the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, and he'll say: "Location, location, location." This tells us that we should not necessarily be paying a whole lot of attention to real estate brokers.”