Virginia Woolf Quotes

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.

Sometimes what we see, what's going on in front of us, isn't really what's happening.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

Behind the corpse in the reservoir, behind the ghost on the links, Behind the lady who dances and the man who madly drinks, Under the look of fatigue, the attack of migraine and the sigh There is always another story, there is more than meets the eye.

Even mud gives the illusion of depth.

I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.

Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend.

As a surfer, I think of places like a wave: you see one thing on the surface. But you always know there's something different going on underneath.

It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be.

I like the idea that I come into a room, and you think you're dealing with one thing, but the truth is I'm very layered.

It would be a mistake to think something is wonderful just because it looks great.

Sometimes the things I do look effortless, but it's not like that. It's very difficult, but because of my style, I make it look easy.

Behind one truth there is always yet another.

Now it's clear to me/ that everything you see/ ain't always what it seems.

It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be. Venice has a lot of that too, but the face of it is quite beautiful, interesting, and textured.

If we knew the truth, we'd see it; all else is system and outskirts.

Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile: So, ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes.

The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.

Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing.

Please remember: things are not what they seem.

That's what living in their world is-a big lie. An illusion where everyone looks the other way and pretends that nothing unpleasant exists at all, no goblins of the dark, no ghosts of the soul.

Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.