[Vwoolf] Fw: RE: VW quote

[ANNE FERNALD]

I wondered at first if the "z" was an Americanization. (Cambridge is in the
process of "Englishing" my English as we speak.)

But, in fact THERE IS NO DIARY ENTRY from July 5, 1919. Not sure WHERE this
quote comes from, but what a mystery.

In any case, someone on tumblr loved it and it's certainly made the rounds.

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
.

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Stuart N. Clarke <
stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com> wrote:

>   It’s getting worse!  I have never heard of this quote either!  How
> often did VW write “paralysing” with a ZED?
>
> Stuart
>
>  *From:* Aliona Dovghei <alionadovghei at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 05, 2012 11:05 PM
> *To:* vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> *Subject:* [Vwoolf] Fw: RE: VW quote
>
>
> Just right now found on Facebook. A coincedence!
>
> “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.”
> — Virginia Woolf in a diary entry dated 5 July 1919
>
>
>
> --- On *Tue, 11/6/12, Desanti, Carole <Carole.Desanti at us.penguingroup.com>
> * wrote:
>
>
> From: Desanti, Carole <Carole.Desanti at us.penguingroup.com>
> Subject: RE: [Vwoolf] VW quote
> To: "Aliona Dovghei" <alionadovghei at yahoo.com>,
> vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 12:00 AM
>
>  “I will not be ‘famous,’ ‘great.’
> 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.”
> — Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary
>
> Carole DeSanti
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwoolf-bounces+carole.desanti=
> us.penguingroup.com at lists.service.ohio-state.edu on behalf of Aliona
> Dovghei
> Sent: Mon 11/5/2012 4:56 PM
> To: vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: [Vwoolf] VW quote
>
> You cannot find peace by avoiding life. <
> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/v/virginiawo380774.html>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 11/5/12, Christine Froula <cfroula at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
>         From: Christine Froula <cfroula at northwestern.edu>
>         Subject: [Vwoolf] No need to hurry...
>         To: vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
>         Date: Monday, November 5, 2012, 11:54 PM
>
>
>         Dear Leslie and all--
>
>         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.
>
>         Have fun,
>         Christine
>
>
>         On 11/5/2012 3:23 PM, Leslie Hankins wrote:
>
>
>                 Hello all, I'm designing a letterpress poster of Woolf's
> most beloved questions and wanted to open up my selection to the listserve.
>
>                 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.
>
>                 Looking forward to the avalanche of queries!
>
>
>
>                 leslie
>
>                 President, International Virginia Woolf Society
>                 Leslie Kathleen Hankins
>                 Professor of English
>                 Department of English and Creative Writing
>                 Cornell College
>                 Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314
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Women's
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