# Dedication explained — Night and Day

> Chapter companion for Night and Day by Virginia Woolf.

## What happens

The chapter is a brief dedication to Vanessa Bell, expressing the author's inability to find a phrase worthy of her name.

## Key lines

> To Vanessa Bell but, looking for a phrase, I found none to stand beside your name

The author dedicates the book to Vanessa Bell, but admits that no words can adequately accompany her name.

_This dedication highlights the inadequacy of language to honor a significant relationship._

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