Quote by Virginia Woolf

So the days pass, and I ask myself whether one is not hypnotized, as a child by a silver globe, by life, and whether this is living.

So the days pass, and I ask myself whether one is not hypnot

Summary

This quote contemplates the nature of life and the sense of being trapped or hypnotized by its routine. The speaker questions if life is merely an illusion, comparable to being entranced by a captivating silver globe during childhood. It poses the existential inquiry of whether our daily existence truly constitutes living or if there is a deeper dimension beyond what superficially appears to be reality.

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By Virginia Woolf

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