"Through all ages - when the pavement was grass, when it was swamp, through the age of tusk and mammoth, through the age of silent sunrise, the battered woman - for she wore a skirt - with her right hand exposed, her left clutching at her side, stood singing of love - love which has lasted a million years, she sang" (Woolf 81).
In this quote, Woolf explores what society perceives as madness; the old lady looks like someone who has lost their mind, someone to be pitied, when she is actually the happy one. For although the lady does not fit into societal 'norms,' that does not keep her from her happiness; her song of love, true love, is all she needs to keep her spirit alive and well.
Woolf, Virginia, and Francine Prose. Mrs. Dalloway. Orlando: Harcourt, 2003. Print.
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