Virginia Woolf
Novelist
"Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy."
Orlando quotes
Orlando
16 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Boris Johnson
Politician, Journalist
"I want you to know that I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"JAQUES: Rosalind is your love's name? ORLANDO: Yes, just. JAQUES: I do not like her name. ORLANDO: There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened."
Virginia Woolf
Novelist
"Orlando naturally loved solitary places, vast views, and to feel himself for ever and ever and ever alone."
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