There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man o…

Virginia Woolf
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There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea. ✨ Virginia Woolf (1942). The death of the moth: and other essays
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At 46 one must be a miser; only have time for essentials. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2003). A Writer's Diary, p.134, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Safe! safe! safe!' the pulse of the house beats wildly. Waking, I cry 'Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2015). Monday or Tuesday, p.5, Virginia Woolf
I want to think quietly, calmly, spaciously, never to be interrupted, never to have to rise from my chair, to slip easily from one thing to another, without any sense of hostility, or obstacle. I wan … ▶
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Her life-that was the only chance she had-the short season between two silences. ✨ Virginia Woolf (1992). The voyage out, p.82, Рипол Классик

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea. ✨ Virginia Woolf (1942). The death of the moth: and other essays

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