Quote by Virginia Woolf

Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set and rise in it and we might take the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast off and escape from here and now.

Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin;

Summary

This quote suggests that occasionally, our minds have moments of vulnerability and openness, where everything around us captivates and engrosses us. It is a state where our imagination is boundless, and we envision creating a metaphorical bubble so immense that it encapsulates the entire world. This bubble would encompass the colors of both day and night, providing a means for us to break free from the constraints of our current reality and escape from the present moment.

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Life Inspirational Mind Escape

By Virginia Woolf

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