Quote of the day by Virginia Woolf: ‘I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises…’ – ‘Mrs Dalloway’ author on memory, time and the emotions we understand too late

Quote of the day: Virginia Woolf, a prominent 20th-century writer, explored memory's impact on emotion. Her works examined how past experiences gain significance over time. Woolf believed emotions expand later, making the past feel richer. She argued women need independence and space for creative expression. Her writings continue to influence literary modernism and feminist thought.