Virginia Woolf Quotes

They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.

Virginia Woolf

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• Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

  

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• They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Mind
  • Book
  • Hard