"MRS. DALLOWAY SAID SHE WOULD BUY THE FLOWERS HERSELF. FOR LUCY HAD HER WORK CUT OUT FOR HER. THE DOORS WOULD BE TAKEN OFF THEIR HINGES; RUMPELMAYER’S MEN WERE COMING. AND THEN, THOUGHT CLARISSA DALLOWAY, WHAT A MORNING—FRESH AS IF ISSUED TO CHILDREN ON A BEACH."
VIRGINIA WOOLF: "MRS. DOLLOWAY", 1925.
"MRS. DALLOWAY SAID SHE WOULD BUY THE FLOWERS HERSELF. FOR LUCY HAD HER WORK CUT OUT FOR HER. THE DOORS WOULD BE TAKEN OFF THEIR HINGES; RUMPELMAYER’S MEN WERE COMING. AND THEN, THOUGHT CLARISSA DALLOWAY, WHAT A MORNING—FRESH AS IF ISSUED TO CHILDREN ON A BEACH."
VIRGINIA WOOLF: "MRS. DOLLOWAY", 1925.
"THERE'S A WILLOW THAT LEANS OVER THE BROOK, DANGLING ITS WHITE LEAVES OVER THE GLASSY WATER. OPHELIA MADE WILD WREATHS OUT OF THOSE LEAVES, BRAIDING IN CROWFLOWERS, THISTLES, DAISIES AND THE ORCHISES THAT VULGAR SHEPHERDS HAVE AN OBSCENE NAME FOR, BUT WHICH PURE-MINDED GIRLS CALL "DEAD MEN'S FINGERS".
"I WANT VITA: I WANT INSECT: WANT CURRANT BUN: T WILIGHT-OH TAND NIGHT TOO IF YOU INSIST, WITH THE BIRDS SINGING AND THE STARS RISING."
LETTER OF VIRGINIA WOOLF TO VITA SACKVILLE.
"I WANT VITA: I WANT INSECT: WANT CURRANT BUN: T WILIGHT-OH TAND NIGHT TOO IF YOU INSIST, WITH THE BIRDS SINGING AND THE STARS RISING."
LETTER OF VIRGINIA WOOLF TO VITA SACKVILLE.
"THERE'S A WILLOW THAT LEANS OVER THE BROOK, DANGLING ITS WHITE LEAVES OVER THE GLASSY WATER. OPHELIA MADE WILD WREATHS OUT OF THOSE LEAVES, BRAIDING IN CROWFLOWERS, THISTLES, DAISIES AND THE ORCHISES THAT VULGAR SHEPHERDS HAVE AN OBSCENE NAME FOR, BUT WHICH PURE-MINDED GIRLS CALL "DEAD MEN'S FINGERS".
"SHE LOVED THE SEA FOR ITS STORMS ALONE, CARED FOR VEGETATION ONLY WHEN IT GREW HERE AND THERE AMONG RUINS. SHE HAD TO EXTRACT A KIND OF PERSONAL ADVANTAGE FROM THINGS AND SHE REJECTED AS USELESS EVERYTHING THAT PROMISED NO IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION — FOR HER TEMPERAMENT WAS MORE SENTIMENTAL THAN ARTISTIC, AND WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR WAS EMOTIONS, NOT SCENERY."
FLAUBERT, G. (1856). MADAME BOVARY
"SHE LOVED THE SEA FOR ITS STORMS ALONE, CARED FOR VEGETATION ONLY WHEN IT GREW HERE AND THERE AMONG RUINS. SHE HAD TO EXTRACT A KIND OF PERSONAL ADVANTAGE FROM THINGS AND SHE REJECTED AS USELESS EVERYTHING THAT PROMISED NO IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION — FOR HER TEMPERAMENT WAS MORE SENTIMENTAL THAN ARTISTIC, AND WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR WAS EMOTIONS, NOT SCENERY."
FLAUBERT, G. (1856). MADAME BOVARY
"I DON'T HAVE ANY BOOKS TO READ, AND ALL THE SPARE TIME GET I RUN OFF INTO THE WOODS; THAT RESTS ME BETTER THAN STORIES" ANSWERED PHEBE, AS SHE FINISHED ONE JOB AND BEGAN ON ANOTHER.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT; "EIGHT COUSINS", 1876.
"I DON'T HAVE ANY BOOKS TO READ, AND ALL THE SPARE TIME GET I RUN OFF INTO THE WOODS; THAT RESTS ME BETTER THAN STORIES" ANSWERED PHEBE, AS SHE FINISHED ONE JOB AND BEGAN ON ANOTHER.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT; "EIGHT COUSINS", 1876.
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