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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog (cf. famed NYorker cartoon). And you can also just make stuff up that then becomes “true” (because I read it on the internet!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ANNE FERNALD<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> Stuart N. Clarke<br><b>Cc:</b> vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] Fw: RE: VW quote<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wondered at first if the "z" was an Americanization. (Cambridge is in the process of "Englishing" my English as we speak.)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But, in fact THERE IS NO DIARY ENTRY from July 5, 1919. Not sure WHERE this quote comes from, but what a mystery. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In any case, someone on tumblr loved it and it's certainly made the rounds.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Why+should+I+be+bothering+myself+with+questions+which+shall+eternally+remain+unanswered%3F+How+queer+that+wave+of+agony%3B+melancholy+paralyzing+my+senses%2C+beautifully%2C+yet+for+nothing">http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Why+should+I+be+bothering+myself+with+questions+which+shall+eternally+remain+unanswered%3F+How+queer+that+wave+of+agony%3B+melancholy+paralyzing+my+senses%2C+beautifully%2C+yet+for+nothing</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Stuart N. Clarke <<a href="mailto:stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com" target="_blank">stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It’s getting worse! I have never heard of this quote either! How often did VW write “paralysing” with a ZED?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Stuart<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:alionadovghei@yahoo.com" target="_blank" title="alionadovghei@yahoo.com">Aliona Dovghei</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Monday, November 05, 2012 11:05 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank" title="vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> [Vwoolf] Fw: RE: VW quote<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Just right now found on Facebook. A coincedence! <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>“Why should I be bothering myself with questions which shall eternally remain unanswered? How queer that wave of agony; melancholy paralyzing my senses, beautifully, yet for nothing.”<br>— Virginia Woolf in a diary entry dated 5 July 1919</span><br><span style='color:black;background:white'><br></span><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 11/6/12, Desanti, Carole <i><<a href="mailto:Carole.Desanti@us.penguingroup.com" target="_blank">Carole.Desanti@us.penguingroup.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>From: Desanti, Carole <<a href="mailto:Carole.Desanti@us.penguingroup.com" target="_blank">Carole.Desanti@us.penguingroup.com</a>><br>Subject: RE: [Vwoolf] VW quote<br>To: "Aliona Dovghei" <<a href="mailto:alionadovghei@yahoo.com" target="_blank">alionadovghei@yahoo.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br>Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 12:00 AM<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>“I will not be ‘famous,’ ‘great.’<br>I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one’s self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.”<br>— Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary<br><br>Carole DeSanti<br>Vice President, Editor at Large<br>Viking Penguin<br>375 Hudson St<br>NYC NY 10014<br><br>212 366 2907<br>212 366 2365 (fax)<br>413 549 4129 (Massachusetts ph&fax)<br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: vwoolf-bounces+carole.desanti=<a href="mailto:us.penguingroup.com@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">us.penguingroup.com@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a> on behalf of Aliona Dovghei<br>Sent: Mon 11/5/2012 4:56 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br>Subject: [Vwoolf] VW quote<br><br>You cannot find peace by avoiding life. <<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/v/virginiawo380774.html" target="_blank">http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/v/virginiawo380774.html</a>> <br><br><br><br><br><br>--- On Mon, 11/5/12, Christine Froula <<a href="mailto:cfroula@northwestern.edu" target="_blank">cfroula@northwestern.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br><br><br> From: Christine Froula <<a href="mailto:cfroula@northwestern.edu" target="_blank">cfroula@northwestern.edu</a>><br> Subject: [Vwoolf] No need to hurry...<br> To: <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br> Date: Monday, November 5, 2012, 11:54 PM<br> <br> <br> Dear Leslie and all--<br> <br> I once taught a freshman seminar on Woolf in which we studied the Hogarth Press's doings and the head of our Special Collections Library taught the students to print on the library's hand press. A favorite with the class was the "No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself" from A Room of One's Own.<br> <br> Have fun,<br> Christine<br> <br> <br> On 11/5/2012 3:23 PM, Leslie Hankins wrote:<br> <br><br> Hello all, I'm designing a letterpress poster of Woolf's most beloved questions and wanted to open up my selection to the listserve.<br> <br> Please send me questions from any of her works! I hope to have the broadside ready for the VW conference in British Columbia in June.<br> <br> Looking forward to the avalanche of queries! <br> <br> <br> <br> leslie<br> <br> President, International Virginia Woolf Society<br> Leslie Kathleen Hankins<br> Professor of English<br> Department of English and Creative Writing<br> Cornell College<br> Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Vwoolf mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br> <a href="https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf" target="_blank">https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><br> <br><br><br><br> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Vwoolf mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br> <a href="https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf" target="_blank">https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><br> <br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________<br>Vwoolf mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf" target="_blank">https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Vwoolf mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">Vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf" target="_blank">https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/faculty/english_faculty/anne_fernald_28537.asp" target="_blank">Anne E. 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