Quote by Virginia Woolf

The mind of man works with strangeness upon the body of time. An hour, once it lodges in the queer element of the human spirit, may be stretched to fifty or a hundred times its clock length; on the other hand, an hour may be accurately represented by the timepiece of the mind by one second. This extraordinary discrepancy between time on the clock and time in the mind is less known than it should be, and deserves fuller investigation.

The mind of man works with strangeness upon the body of time

Summary

This quote suggests that the human mind perceives time in a unique and subjective way. It states that the mind has the ability to elongate or compress time, based on one's perception and experience. It highlights the discrepancy between the objective measurement of time and how it is subjectively experienced. The quote also emphasizes the need for further exploration and understanding of this phenomenon, suggesting that the subjective aspect of time deserves more attention and study.

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By Virginia Woolf

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