"What does it mean then, what can it all mean? Lily Briscoe asked herself, wondering whether, since she had been left alone, it behoved her to go to the kitchen to fetch another cup of coffee or wait there. What does it mean?-a catchword that was, caught up from some book, fitting her thought loosely, for she could not, this first morning with the Ramsays, contract her feelings, could only make a phrase resound to cover the blankness of her mind until these vapours had shrunk. For really, what did she feel, come back after all these years and Mrs. Ramsay dead?Nothing, nothing-nothing that she could express at all."
   
This quotation makes me feel peace and tranquility, as if it was the aftermath of a painful process.
After experiencing a sad event, one tends to feel relief. And that feeling may lead to a period of reflection on that terrible happening. In this case, Mrs. Ramsay's death makes Lily reflect upon the meaning of life.

     The novel made me conclude that the thoughts and feelings of a simple moment may become unforgettable, eternal. For example, Lily will never forget the thoughts and feelings that she had when she could finally end the painting.