In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation for their dimness in life.

'Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.

Like all her friends, I miss her greatly...But...I am sure there is no case for lamentation...Virginia Woolf got through an immense amount of work, she gave acute pleasure in new ways, she pushed the light of the English language a little further against darkness. Those are facts.

Lord I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief.

I have always found writing pleasant and don't understand what people mean by 'throes of creation.'

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.

Characters must not brood too long. They must not waste time running up and down ladders in their own insides.