"Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have,..." - Quote by Virginia Woolf

“And you wish to be a poet; and you wish to be a lover.”

“It seemed to her such nonsense-inventing differences, when people, heaven knows, were different enough without that.”

“The mind which is most capable of receiving impressions is very often the least capable of drawing conclusions.”

“Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.”

“Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded.”

“To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for most people. It is a rare person who is willing to seem to know less than he does ... Somehow, people seem to feel that it is belittling to their importance not to know more than other people.”

“Pound's crazy. All poets are.... They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin.”

“Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.”

“Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and spoke like a thief. But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child.”