“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter's night.”
Virginia Woolf book Jacob's Room
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Jacob's Room is the third novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 26 October 1922.
Virginia Woolf book Jacob's Room
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
“Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.”
Virginia Woolf book Jacob's Room
Source: Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf book 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?
