anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the... - Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
"anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm."
"anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm."
"When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred."
"Indeed there has never been any explanation of the ebb and flow in our veins--of happiness and unhappiness."
"Every face, every shop, bedroom window, public-house, and dark square is a picture feverishly turned--in search of what? It is the same with books. What do we seek through millions of pages?"
"I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don't budge though armies cross them."