Virginia Woolf has stolen my heart (twice now) with these writings of hers. In “Thoughts of Peace in an Air Raid”, I thought it was interesting how she would ever be able to write about peace while her home land was being destroyed. Woolf is a clear in her hopes of what women could bring… View More

Would you not like to have everything you would ever need provided by a man who loves you so? Oh Miss Brooke, I feel as if you have your ideals twisted. No, there is nothing wrong with a woman wanting to assist in men’s work, but only if there are no men to do it!… View More

has quite the point. Why should he call himself a doctor? BAAHHH!!! No more shall his visage rattle my thoughts nor his name my tongue. Henceforth, unless an emergency arises, we shall speak no more of this pretender. Instead let us remark upon this magnificent bird. Truly this lord of the sky is proof of… View More

I say, I must insist that you stop placing blame on the patient. My dear child anyone with the nerve to call themselves a physician is morally obligated to uphold the highest standards of care. It matters not what the patient’s choice, for there is a level of ability and competence that this BLASTED, sorry… View More

You seem to have an awful lot to say about everyone else’s death, but what if you were to go? What if Life and Death Lady were to meet someone superior to her? Do you think you would be splattered on the pavement or drowned in water? What’s your vision for yourself???

Wow! What a marvelous revelation that I never would have put together by myself. I do now see a bit of resemblance between the two stories. Although I do think there is quite a difference between the two stories.. Still such an interesting correlation!

I feel as though we both side with Richard simply because we know a good thing when we have it. We have stable marriages and that has a lot to say about why we favor Richard. But the heart does want what it wants.. as with Dorthea and Lydgate and as with Peter and Clarissa…. View More

Author Brooke it is not that I did not see Septimus demise coming it is that I was expecting a different way of death. I also felt a twinge of regret at his death for he is truly a brave man and did not deserve death unlike many others I sentence to pain. I am… View More

I am in shock and awe reading this short piece by Woolf. She has out done herself again with a compelling piece of literature. I could not take my eyes off of the pages, I want to read more. I wish she had more to say on the topic. The second paragraph where it starts,… View More

It is very rude for you and uncle to talk of me in such a manner. I wish to not speak to you for sometime after I write this. I did enjoy the reading of Mrs. Dalloway thank you very much. You upset me so much to think that I am not as intelligent as… View More