Sir William said he never spoke of 'madness'; he called it not having a sense of proportion. Author: Virginia Woolf Copy Quote More from Virginia Woolf “He stretched himself. He rose. He stood upright in complete nakedness before us…” “f anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from …” “Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in va…” “So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whet…”