Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Virginia Woolf in “A Room of One’s Own” on the importance of being yourself

Old sepia photograph of people in early twentieth-century dress sitting in a garden, a woman in a hat smoking.

It matters far more to be oneself than to be someone else. Do not even think of influencing others, I would say, if I knew how to speak beautifully. Concentrate on what you are doing.

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

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