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"…what they were all afraid of saying, was that happiness is dirt cheap. You can have it for nothing. Beauty." -Virginia Woolf, "The Man Who Loved His Kind," Mrs. Dalloway's Party
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On Happiness #7
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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About Me
- Nazifa
- Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Nazifa Islam grew up in Novi, Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at Oregon State University. Her poetry and paintings have appeared in a number of publications, including Anomalous Press, From the Depths, Fat City Review, splinterswerve, and Flashquake. Her debut poetry 'Searching for a Pulse' was recently released by Whitepoint Press.
I agree with this statement fully; but did Virginia Woolf?
ReplyDeleteI really don't know actually. Even having read so much Woolf it's hard to pinpoint in what ways she's a cynic and what ways she's more of a romantic.
ReplyDeleteIt's a question for the ages Mark. Sigh.