Home » Quote » Virginia Woolf » „The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames.“ „The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames.“ — Virginia Woolf Tags:World Related quotes „Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.“ — Paulo Coelho „The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.“ — James Baldwin „The world, the system, moves forward out of fear. That’s why they have to threaten us to play the game. We’re threatened with loss of job, money, reputation, or prestige. It’s all based on fear.“ — Richard Rohr „We and the labouring world are passing by:Amid men's souls, that waver and give placeLike the pale waters in their wintry race,Under the passing stars, foam of the sky,Lives on this lonely face.“ — W.B. Yeats