One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
— A Room of One's Own
Children, our lives have been gongs striking; clamour and boasting; cries of despair; blows on the nape of the neck in gardens.
Where this quote comes from
The Waves, published in 1931, is told entirely through the soliloquies of six friends from childhood onward. This line comes early in the book, when they sit together in a ring on the grass. The speaker reflects that until now each of them has given out a sound like a beaten gong with every new sensation, and expects that one day these private voices will be shared.
Source: The Waves (1931), pp. 39-40
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