I know that a pretty doll, a fair fool, might do well enough for the honeymoon; but when passion cooled, how dreadful to find a lump of wax and wood laid in my bosom, a half-idiot clasped in my arms, and to remember that I had made of this my equal- nay, my idol- to know that I must pass the rest of my dreary life with a creature incapable of understanding what I said, of appreciating what I thought, or of sympathising with what I felt! .Anonymous
About This Quote
In this quote from Virginia Woolf, she describes a woman who is in love with a man, but after marriage, she finds that he is a mere "doll" whom she cannot touch or be touched by. She feels that this was not what she had expected or wanted from marriage, and it makes her feel very sad and lonely. The idea that a man can be more than a doll represents the idea that marriage is supposed to bring two people together.
Source: The Professor
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