Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book kno… - Virginia Woolf

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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941), born Adeline Virginia Stephen, was a British writer who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist/feminist literary figures of the twentieth century.

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Birth Name: Adeline Virginia Stephen • Adeline Virginia Alexandra Stephen

Alternative Names: Virginia Stephen • Adeline Virginia Woolf • Virginia Adeline Woolf • Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf • Virginia Stephen Woolf • Adeline Virginia Alexandra Woolf

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I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title. - Virginia Woolf

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