My being only glitters when all its facets are exposed to many people.
Bernard (Virginia Woolf)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Waves (1931), Bernard’s Rome monologue; Complete 13-word sentence. Speaker and surrounding monologue checked: Bernard describes his dependence on varied human contact, including the loneliness when it fails. Fictional self-description, not a general prescription by Woolf.
- The Waves (1931), Bernard’s Rome monologue
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