...who shall measure the heat and violence of a poet's hear… - Virginia Woolf

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...who shall measure the heat and violence of a poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?

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

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

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Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

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Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.

...who shall measure the heat and violence of a poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body? - Virginia Woolf

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