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Quotation from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”

Virginia Woolf (spoken by The narrator)

A Room of One's Own, Chapter One

Portrait of Virginia Woolf

After the plain dinner at Fernham, the narrator reflects on what the body needs before the mind can work.

Citation: "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Chapter One. (id woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-q2)

Portrait: Virginia Woolf 1927, Unknown author, Public domain.

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