mrs dalloway

first line of the novel

mrs dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself

final line of the novel

for there she was

repeated Shakespeare quote

fear no more the heat of the sun, nor the furious winter’s rages

the perfect…

the perfect hostess he called her (she had cried over it in her bedroom)

a little…

a little independence… which Richard gave her and she him

she would not…

she would not say of any one in the world now that they were this or were that

half the …

Half the time she did things not simply, not for themselves; but to make people think this or that

did it matter..

did it matter that she must inevitable cease completely

she always had the feeling that…

she aways had the feeling that it was very very dangerous to live even one day

he did not…

he did not want to die. life was good. the sun hot.

i’ll give..

i’ll give it to you!

the world wavered…

the world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames

the world has raised…

the world has raised its whip, where will it descend?

the streets… the ….

the streets of London… the ebb and flow

what she loved, ….

what she loved, life, London, this moment of June

being laid…

being laid out like a mist between the people she know best

salmon…

salmon on an ice block

to love…

to love makes one solitary

septimus had…

septimus had fought, he was brave, he was not septimus now

to kindle…

to kindle and illuminate, to give her party

if I had…

if I had married him, this gaiety would have been mine all day! it was all over for her. the sheet stretched and the bed narrow

his own grief…

his own grief, which rose like a moon

he burst…

he burst into tears; wept; wept

What a l…

what a lark! What a plunge!

failure…

failure one conceals

she felt glad…

she felt glad he had done it

she must…

she must assemble

forcing…

forcing your soul

death was…

death was defiance. death was an attempt to communicate.

the radiance…

the radiance burnt through, the revelation, the religious feeling!

it was like running…

it was like running one’s face against a granite wall in the darknes! it was shocking; it was horrible!

this being mrs…

this being mrs dalloway, not even Clarissa anymore, this being mrs Richard dalloway

there was…. I am..

there was nobody. her words faded. so a rocket fades…. I am alone!

if it … that was her feeling…feeling

‘it it twere now to die twere now to be the most happy’ ‘that was her feeling, Othello’s feeling’

like a…

like a nun withdrawing

she did undoubtably….

she did undoubtably then feel what men felt

the room….

the room was an attic; the bed narrow

had not that…

had not that after all, been love?

(about sally) indeed she…

indeed she did shock people, she was untidy ([she] ran along the passage naked’

sally’s power…

sally’s power was amazing, her gift, her personality

sally stopped,…

sally stopped, picked up a flower, kissed her on the lips

clarissa plunged..

clarissa plunged into the very heart of the moment, transfixed it, there

‘collecting the whole…’drew…’ ‘one…’

‘collecting the whole of her at one point’ ‘drew the parts together’ ‘one centre, one diamond, one woman;

feeling hollowed…

feeling hollowed out, utterly empty within, clarissa refused me

(from Peters perspective) her voice…

her voice, being the voice of the hostess, is reluctant to inflict its individuality

women live…

women live much more in the past than we do, he thought. they attach themselves to places - (Peters thoughts)

the death…

the death of the soul

septimus, who….

septimus, who wasn’t septimus any longer

evans sang…

evans sang, among the orchids

the wild…

the wild, the daring, the romantic Sally!

he had insulted…

he had insulted her - kissed her!

a little job…

a little job at Court!

clarissa: this atheists…

this atheists religion of doing good for the sake of others

clarissa was as …

Clarissa was as cold as an icicle

London has…

London has swallowed up millions of young men called smith

rezia: ;she looked pale’

‘she looked pale, mysterious, like a lily, drowned under water’

'human nature…

human nature, in short, was on him - the repulsive brute,akn with the blood red nostrils

prop…

proportion, divine proportion

naked….he św…

naked, defenceless… he swooped; he devoured

bearing his..

bearing his flowers like a weapon

Big Ben was

Big Ben was beginning to strike, first the warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. the leadened circles dissolved in the air

happiness..

happiness is this, is this, he thought

there is a dignity…

there is a dignity I people; a solitude; even between husband and wife a gulf

what she liked…

what she liked was simpley life

an offering..

an offering; to combine, to create; but to whom?

(miss oilman) b… and b…

bitter and burning

love… how…

love and religion!…. how detestable, how detestable they are!

privacy…. the odious

privacy of the soul. the odious Kilman would destroy it.

from miss kilns perspective : ‘she despised…’ ‘she was…’

she despised mrs dalloway…. she was not good. her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit’

all professions

all professions are open to women of your generation

Elizabeth had…

Elizabeth had gone. beauty had gone; youth had gone’

he would cry…

he would cry that he was falling down, down into he flames'

it was their…

it was their idea of tragedy, not his or Reizia’s (she was with him)

she saw…

she saw the large outline of his body dark against the window. so that was dr Holmes

one of the

one of the triumphs of civilisation

sally seton: she loo…older..

she loomed through a mist….older, happier, less lovely

in the middle…

in the middle of my party, here’s death, she thought

her body….

her body went through it first, her dress flamed, her body burnt

his relations…

his relations with clarissa had not been simple. it had split his life, he said;

he looked so..

he looked so ordinary.