“It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavo...” — Virginia Woolf Quote

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.

When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that cleanliness I had been feeling wasn't God.

Cleanliness is the scourge of art.

If you read Victorian manuals, they're crazy - the amount of attention they devote to the perfect making of the bed, the cleanliness of the bed, the hygiene of the bed.

I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.

This world is always working against a sense of honor, cleanliness, integrity.