Quotes from book
Jacob's Room
Jacob's Room is the third novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 26 October 1922.
Variant: But then anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.
Source: Jacob's Room
“I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older.”
Source: Jacob's Room
“When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.”
Source: Jacob's Room
Source: Jacob's Room (1922), Ch. 8
Context: The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?
