"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in." — Virginia Woolf, English writer, born January 25, 1882
"Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end." — Virginia Woolf, English writer, born January 25, 1882
"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." — Virginia Woolf, English writer, born January 25, 1882
"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar." — William Wordsworth, English poet, born April 7, 1770
"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers." — William Wordsworth, English poet, born April 7, 1770
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." — William Wordsworth, English poet, pens 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', April 15, 1802
"Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions." — Steve Wozniak, American computer programmer, born August 11, 1950
"What is a book of poems if not a collection, or commemoration, of one person's best and happiest hours?" — Franz Wright, American poet, born March 18, 1953
"Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?" — Franz Wright, American poet, born March 18, 1953
"I believe one day the distance between myself and God will disappear." — Franz Wright, American poet, died May 14, 2015
"If a man confessed anything on his death bed, it was the truth; for no man could stare death in the face and lie." — Richard Wright, American poet, born September 4, 1908