Skip to main content

the saddest love letter

Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that – everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. V

-The last note written by Virginia Woolf to her husband before she committed suicide.


'If anybody could have saved me, it would have been you' is the most heart-wrenching, perfect line I have ever read.

Comments

redhaireddesigner said…
that's so beautiful and heartbreaking....
April 18, 2011 at 2:20 PM
SJ said…
*sigh*

so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.
April 18, 2011 at 2:33 PM
Danelle said…
It's beautiful.. I can't help but try to feel what she was feeling.
April 18, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Meher said…
that is so sad. :/
April 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Jo said…
This is so incredibly beautiful and sad...and even so, I know that if I ever received a similar letter, I'd be racked with a guilt that would most likely give way to anger. And even in that anger, I'd still think this was one of the most painfully beautiful things I had ever read or heard! Does that sound crazy?
April 18, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Sara Louise said…
Heart wrenching is the perfect way.
And I finally got around to accepting your Stylish Blogger Award. Thanks again for awarding me :-)
April 18, 2011 at 5:29 PM
ellie said…
This is really so intense. Thanks for posting it.
April 18, 2011 at 9:47 PM
becky said…
I remember reading this last year just as I began reading To The Lighthouse by her---a book so riddled with grief. This letter is, as you say, the most heart-wrenching and it is the most beautiful. I cannot imagine reading such a thing from someone you love so tenderly. Her story---and Plath's---are lives I am so deeply interested in simply because so much meaning and turmoil is hidden behind the simplest of images. I guess they are both proof of talent being impossible without some kind of burden? Thank-you for sharing and placing these words, these beautiful, beautiful words, back into the forefront of my mind.
April 18, 2011 at 11:39 PM
amy b.s. said…
every time i read that, it just breaks my heart. so much love and yet so much pain.
April 19, 2011 at 12:23 AM
Edie said…
it is a sad letter.... but ultimately i dont agree with suicide... she had so much to offer to the world and her family.

best wishes,
edie
www.chocolatesandmartinis.com
April 19, 2011 at 2:44 AM
~BB~ said…
wow - that is so incredibly beautiful and absolutely heartbreaking! Thanks for sharing - even though it brought tears to my eyes. I have to agree completely with Jo's comment...
April 19, 2011 at 4:23 AM
Aquí said…
oh my goodness this is one of my favorite letters of all time. Have you read the book called The Hours? Its about Virginia Wolf, an amazing story.
April 19, 2011 at 6:02 AM
Micaela said…
this letter made me cry.

the part that got you and this part:

"Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness."

it reminds me of the letter i wished to have given to my ex... (another life)

sans the suicide.. just the departure.
April 19, 2011 at 7:48 AM
Paige Hadley said…
Thankyou for sharing that. I'd never read that before. I felt that through reading, I have become close friends with Virginia and I feel glad, and yet very upset, too, to have finally heard her last words.
April 19, 2011 at 8:39 AM
keishua said…
this letter is so heart wrenching but it cuts to the quick. It is so bittersweet...
April 19, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Ash said…
Goodness, how could something be so devastating, and so sweet at the same time?
April 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM
Tiq said…
beautifully written and yet devastating..
but it's tragic to end her life that way.
April 19, 2011 at 3:12 PM
k said…
that was the saddest thing I have read, certainly. but wow.
April 19, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Jillian said…
heart-breaking. i had no idea she committed suicide.
April 19, 2011 at 10:36 PM
griffin said…
So tragic. She was so interesting.
April 20, 2011 at 5:31 AM
Anonymous said…
so sad. lovely post though. thanks for stopping by my blog! come back soon please?


www.modishmoxie.com
April 20, 2011 at 7:23 AM
Kelly said…
That is both sad and sweet. Very Virginia Wolfe.
April 20, 2011 at 9:31 AM
koralee said…
Oh my this is soooo sad my friend. xoxo
April 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Unknown said…
this like wrenches your heart before it finally breaks it...so tragic to think some people just can't recover from depression/other mental issues. you can tell she was a writer <3

xoxo
April 20, 2011 at 1:42 PM
ellie said…
Thanks for the note. Hope you are having a good week.
April 20, 2011 at 9:38 PM
Jessica said…
What an amazing letter! Heart-wrenching is the perfect phrase. Thank you for sharing! I hope we all find that kind of love one day. :)
April 20, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Unknown said…
I love, "Everything is gone from me but the certainty of your goodness."
April 20, 2011 at 10:54 PM
Bonnie said…
Virginia Woolf -- Who doesn't love this woman???

http://www.glamkittenslitterbox.com/
Twitter: @GlamKitten88
April 21, 2011 at 2:18 AM
kimbirdy said…
oh, heart-wrenching indeed!
April 21, 2011 at 3:35 AM
Katie said…
Gosh that's sad.

Your comments make me happy, by the way. Never ever stop. :)
April 21, 2011 at 5:56 AM
Silver Strands said…
Oh. My. Word. That is SAD.
April 21, 2011 at 10:23 AM
vintch said…
oh my goodness. where did you find this? it's gorgeous and so sad and clear and true. thank you for sharing.
April 22, 2011 at 2:22 AM
Anonymous said…
have you seen 'the hours?' this letter features prominently in it.

heartbreaking.
April 22, 2011 at 3:05 AM
christine donee said…
I may have shed a tear reading this just now. Don't judge me.
April 23, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Cassidy said…
This makes my heart ache.
April 24, 2011 at 3:39 AM
meg fee said…
its such a devastating and poignant letter. oh god, i can't imagine that kind of pain and thank god for that.
April 24, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Holly said…
Wow, that's really really sad! :(
April 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM
tattytiara said…
Probably has to be the most famous suicide note ever - I knew it from the first line - but then how many are written so beautifully?
April 28, 2011 at 3:46 PM
ivy said…
Thanks so much for the note. Hope you are having a good week.

Lucy & Sarah
April 29, 2011 at 12:42 PM
ana said…
beautiful. googled her death. so sad. depression is a disease.
May 5, 2011 at 3:44 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Guest Post: Brandi of ´Not Your Average Ordinary´

This guest post is quite exciting for me, as Brandi was actually the reason I first started my blog. She was one of my first followers and has been such an inspiration throughout this whole process. On top of that she is the sweetest person ever and such a beautiful woman inside and out. Without further ado, here she is: Ritual I was so flattered when Kaylia asked me to guest post for her. You see, she's one of my favorite sources of inspiration and honesty on the great big blogosphere. I was sipping tea, trying to decide what to write and feeling more unsure of myself than ever. It's been a bit like that lately in my world. When moments like those overwhelm me, I stop what I'm doing and brew a pot of tea. The first cup is reflection, the second poured becomes evaluation, the remaining cups devoted to action. It's one of the best things I do for myself all day, the little ritual. There’s something wonderful about daily rituals – those little times during the...
202 comments
Read more

Guest post from Deidre of Decoybetty

Here is another guest post from a fabulous blogger; this time it's Deidre from Decoybetty. This blog is one of the funniest, most honest, most inspiring blog around (with the occasional dash of delicious recipes to boot). Check out her beautiful blog at www.decoybetty.com and you'll see why she is one of my all-time favourites. Guest post: When Kaylia asked me to write a guest post, I stared at the blank screen and the only things that came to mind is how every post that Kaylia writes, I read along going “Yes! Yes! Yes!”  This girl writes (albeit way more eloquently) what I’m thinking.  But you read her blog, you know how fabulous she is.   She recently wrote about the ‘anonymity’ of travel. I’m addicted to this feeling.  I’m an expat. I was born in America and got my first taste of Australia in the young adult book “Looking for Alibrandi” where a teenager skips school to hang out with a boy which is basically all the things I am not. I’d never skip school and I didn’t r...
189 comments
Read more

Guest Post: Vanisha

Hey guys, here is the last guest post and I couldn't have picked someone better (if I do say so myself). I have only known Vanisha's blog for a short time but I'm already hooked. It's funny, honest and there are always beautiful photos to drool over. PLUS she lives in Canberra and does a much better job of summing up my awesome home-town than I do. Enjoy! Hello! I'm Vanisha from Vanisha's In Life...Australia  Kaylia invited me to write a guest post whilst she's on her fabulous holiday! Being asked to write a guest post almost feels like being invited into someone's home. I'm honored. Kaylia said write about "anything" so I thought I'd write about an amazing trip I recently took.  A lot of people find it odd that of all places, we decided to got to Timor Lestse. Let me preface this decision a little. It all started in front of this fire place in the middle of winter in the Kangaroo Valley. Two acquaintances sat. Trying to get war...
232 comments
Read more