The Waves
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 take
the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast
off and escape from here and now.
- VIRGINIA WOOLF
This comes from a prose passage by VIRGINIA WOOLF.It appears in her novel "The Waves" a highly poetic and experimental work quoted for its lyrical style.
The full excerpt is often shared because of its meditative,
philosophical beauty.
The full passage is spoken by by the character Bernard.
these lines show Bernard's reflection on consciousness and reality.
It represents the moments where inner thoughts blur the line
between self and world.
The " Walls of the mind growing thin" suggests a state of
deep connection or transcendence, a heightened awareness
when boundaries dissolve.
It is typical of Virginia woolf's stream-of-consciousness
style in The Waves, where each character voices their inner
life in lyrical monologues.
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