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21 Memorable Virginia Woolf Quotes

Born on January 25, 1882, Virginia Woolf was a true writer’s writer. She dissected every topic, from the idiocy of warfare to the joys of sex. We’ve picked 21 lines that rank among her all-time best—which is no easy feat.

  1. On recorded history
  2. On writing about nature
  3. On translating comedy
  4. On time
  5. On being an honest writer
  6. On sexism
  7. On writing fiction
  8. On questioning the status quo
  9. On fashion
  10. On food
  11. On getting older
  12. On artistic integrity
  13. On the universe
  14. On personal growth
  15. On society
  16. On evaluating literature
  17. On passion
  18. On the past
  19. On words
  20. On life and its interruptions
  21. On basic rights
  22. Bonus: A common misquote

On recorded history

“Nothing has really happened until it has been described.”

— Said to an acquaintance, Nigel Nicholson, who later became a successful publisher, memoirist, and politician

On writing about nature

“Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.”

— From her 1928 novel, Or

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Virginia Woolf: Biography

Virginia Woolf, born Adeline Virginia Stephen, is considered one of the most important modernist authors of the 20th-century. Today Woolf is well-known for pioneering the stream of consciousness approach, but in her own time, her narrative approach was unconventional. She embraced nonlinear timelines and a holistic perspective that varied drastically from the Victorian literary norms of the time.

In addition to her fiction, Woolf wrote essays on the politics of power, women's experience, social change, and artistic theory. She was a member of the artistic and intellectual Bloomsbury Group and founded Hogarth Press with her husband. Woolf wrote nine books in her lifetime, as well as essays, a biography, short fiction pieces, a drama, diaries, journals, and letters.

Woolf was born to an affluent English family in 1882. Her mother, Julia Stephen, was famous for being a model for Pre-Raphaelite painters, and her aunt, Julia Margaret Cameron, was one of the most important British portraitists of the 19th century. Julia Stephen later wrote a book, Notes f

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Virginia Woolf

(1882-1941)

Who Was Virginia Woolf?

Born into a privileged English household in 1882, author Virginia Woolf was raised by free-thinking parents. She began writing as a young girl and published her first novel, The Voyage Out, in 1915. She wrote modernist classics including Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Orlando, as well as pioneering feminist works, A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas. In her personal life, she suffered bouts of deep depression. She committed suicide in 1941, at the age of 59.

Early Life

Born on January 25, 1882, Adeline Virginia Stephen was raised in a remarkable household. Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen, was a historian and author, as well as one of the most prominent figures in the golden age of mountaineering. Woolf’s mother, Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson), had been born in India and later served as a model for several Pre-Raphaelite painters. She was also a nurse and wrote a book on the profession. Both of her parents had been married and widowed before marrying each other. Woolf had three full siblings — Thoby

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