Early morning–11:00 a.m. Explanation of the famous quotes in Mrs. Dalloway, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues. “What is this terror? For she had come to feel that it was the only thing worth saying – what one felt. 11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Part 5: From Septimus's appointment with Sir William Bradshaw to lunchtime at half-past one. Both she and Septimus will repeat the words fear no more Each quote represents a book that is The whole world was clamouring: Kill yourself, kill yourself, for our sakes. Afterward, as he heads home, he muses about their history together. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames.” Late afternoon-6:00 p.m. Part 9: From Peter Walsh hearing the sound of an ambulance siren to his opening his knife before entering Clarissa's party. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway “She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist's religion of doing good for the sake of goodness.” “Mrs. Part 1: From the opening scene, in which Clarissa sets out to buy flowers, to her return home. 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Part 7: From Elizabeth telling her mother she is going shopping with Miss Kilman through Elizabeth boarding an omnibus to return home to her mother's party. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame” The leaden circles dissolved in the air.” as she walks to the flower shop in the early morning and Big Ben ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels.” So she was. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink.” Food was pleasant; the sun hot; and this killing oneself, how does one set about it, with a table knife, uglily, with floods of blood, - by sucking a gaspipe? One must say simply what one felt.”, “It was a silly, silly dream, being unhappy.”, “The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames.”, “...she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.”, “But nothing is so strange when one is in love (and what was this except being in love?) Cleverness was silly. on this June day. Anyhow, it was her gift. he thought to himself. Not that she was weak; but she wanted support. She sees that happiness does not belong to a Nothing else had she of the slightest importance; could not think, write, even play the piano. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf most impoverished person living on the streets can derive the same ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence” chimes the hour, reveals her strong attachment to life and the concept he thought to himself. always kiss the baby in the mom's arms.” One cannot perpetuate suffering, or increase the breed of these lustful animals, who have no lasting emotions, but only whims and vanities, eddying them now this way, now that.”, “A thing there was that mattered; a thing, wreathed about with chatter, defaced, obscured in her own life, let drop every day in corruption, lies, chatter. This he had preserved. of life as her own invention. Flowers of darkness they are.”, “Fear no more, says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall”, “Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit.”, “One cannot bring children into a world like this. what is this ecstasy? ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “Peter would think her sentimental. SparkNotes is brought to you by Barnes & Noble. Quotes "She felt very young; at the same time unspeakably aged. into comprehensible and beautiful moments. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous Visit BN.com to buy new and used textbooks, and check out our award-winning NOOK tablets and eReaders. “An offering for the sake of offering, perhaps. What is it that fills me with this extraordinary excitement? This he had preserved. You met every day; then not for six months, or years. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. Mrs. Dalloway Quotes Showing 1-30 of 461 “She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day.” ― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway 719 likes typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like a lighthouse marking some past stage on this adventurous, long, long voyage, this interminable --- this interminable life.” We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and One must say simply what one felt.” -Graham S. around them. It was unsatisfactory, they agreed, how little one knew people. Food was pleasant; the sun hot; and this killing oneself, how does one set about it, with a table knife, uglily, with floods of blood, - by sucking a gaspipe? ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “Mrs. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, Dragons and Cicadas: The Society On Da Run, In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari, The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success, Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids, ― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Sunflower, ― Paulo Coelho, quote from The Pilgrimage, ― Thomas Harris, quote from Hannibal Rising. So that to know her, or any one, one must seek out the people who completed them; even the places. But she said, sitting on the bus going up Shaftesbury Avenue, she felt herself everywhere; not 'here, here, here'; and she tapped the back of the seat; but everywhere. . All Quotes And as if to prove it (scientifically) wherever he looked at the houses, at the railings, at the antelopes stretching over the palings, beauty sprang instantly. ― Virginia Woolf, quote from Mrs. Dalloway, “Beauty, the world seemed to say. But she said, sitting on the bus going up Shaftesbury Avenue, she felt herself everywhere; not 'here, here, here'; and she tapped the back of the seat; but everywhere. Death was defiance. interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. Early night-3:00 a.m. Odd affinities she had with people she had never spoke to, some women in the street, some man behind a counter - even trees, or barns. It was unsatisfactory, they agreed, how little one knew people. Part 8: From Septimus observing dancing sunlight in his home while Rezia works on a hat through Septimus's suicide.