A biography for Leonard Woolfhasn’t been written yet.
“Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.”
“The mere fact that a very large number of people believe such a thing and that the world would be a better place if it were true, is no reason for believing that it is true.”
“The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentist's drill.”
“Suddenly I heard Virginia’s voice calling to me from the sitting room window: “Hitler is making a speech.” I shouted back, “I shan’t come. I’m planting iris and they will be flowering long after he is dead.”