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“She would have plucked the heart out of my writing. For as I found, directly I put pen to paper, you cannot review even a novel without having a mind of your own, without expressing what you think to be the truth about human relations, morality, sex. And all these questions, according to the Angel of the House, cannot be dealt with freely and... See more
Theresa C. Dintino • Article
angel in the house by virginia woolf.
“I turned upon her and caught her by the throat. I did my best to kill her. My excuse, if I were to be had up in a court of law, would be that I acted in self-defense. Had I not killed her she would have killed me”(59).
Theresa C. Dintino • Article
angel in the house by virginia woolf.
“I will describe her as shortly as I can. She was intensely sympathetic. She was immensely charming. She was utterly unselfish. She excelled in the difficult arts of the family life. She sacrificed herself daily. If there was a chicken, she took the leg; if therewas a draught she sat in it—in short she was so constituted that she never had a mind... See more
Article
angel in the house by virginia woolf.
“I think of beauty as an absolute necessity. I don't think it's a privilege or an indulgence, it's not even a quest. I think it's almost like knowledge, which is to say, it's what we were born for. I think finding, incorporating and then representing beauty is what humans do. With or without authorities telling us what it is, I think it would exist... See more
A quote by Toni Morrison
on beauty
I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live... See more
Maria Popova • Live the Questions: Rilke on Embracing Uncertainty and Doubt as a Stabilizing Force
We live in an economic system where everything, almost everything is commodified—everything can be sold for a price. And almost anything can be threatened. But there is a place within us no one can ever know. Within that place we hold all the books we’ve ever read, the music we’ve listened to, the paintings we’ve gazed at, the plays we’ve watched,... See more
Protecting Your Inner Life in Times of Political Turmoil
on beauty
Western medicine has always had a ready explanation for women who were too emotional, too angry, too withdrawn, too sexual, or simply unwilling to comply. For centuries, “feminine” has been shorthand for chaotic. Descartes’ emphasis on clear, distinct reasoning and his separation of the mind from the body helped establish modern ideals of... See more
Girls who love systems
feminine
father figure
ever since i was a little kid i knew i would be fraught with melancholy and nostalgia
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