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Rebecca West Quotes

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul Picture Quote #1

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots Picture Quote #1

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence Picture Quote #1

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience Picture Quote #1

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind Picture Quote #1

If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished Picture Quote #1

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A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample Picture Quote #1

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears Picture Quote #1

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is Picture Quote #1

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats Picture Quote #1

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat Picture Quote #1

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet? Picture Quote #1

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It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion Picture Quote #1

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs Picture Quote #1

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth Picture Quote #1

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy Picture Quote #1

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived Picture Quote #1

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple Picture Quote #1

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There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live and the will to die Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all Picture Quote #1

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy Picture Quote #1

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning Picture Quote #1

There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time Picture Quote #1

It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth Picture Quote #1

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I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value Picture Quote #1

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you Picture Quote #1

All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life Picture Quote #1

She saw she had fallen into the hands of one of those doctors who have strayed too far from apparent in the direction of the soul Picture Quote #1

It isn't only living people who die, it is great stretches of living, which can die even when the people who lived there still exist Picture Quote #1

She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios of rudeness every day of her life Picture Quote #1

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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul (Rebecca West Quotes) The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots (Rebecca West Quotes) There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence (Rebecca West Quotes) There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience (Rebecca West Quotes) Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind (Rebecca West Quotes) If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished (Rebecca West Quotes) A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample (Rebecca West Quotes) All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears (Rebecca West Quotes) Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is (Rebecca West Quotes) Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats (Rebecca West Quotes) I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat (Rebecca West Quotes) I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet? (Rebecca West Quotes) It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion (Rebecca West Quotes) Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs (Rebecca West Quotes) Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth (Rebecca West Quotes) The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy (Rebecca West Quotes) The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived (Rebecca West Quotes) The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple (Rebecca West Quotes) There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live and the will to die (Rebecca West Quotes) There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all (Rebecca West Quotes) We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy (Rebecca West Quotes) The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning (Rebecca West Quotes) There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time (Rebecca West Quotes) It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth (Rebecca West Quotes) I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value (Rebecca West Quotes) The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you (Rebecca West Quotes) All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life (Rebecca West Quotes) She saw she had fallen into the hands of one of those doctors who have strayed too far from apparent in the direction of the soul (Rebecca West Quotes) It isn't only living people who die, it is great stretches of living, which can die even when the people who lived there still exist (Rebecca West Quotes) She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios of rudeness every day of her life (Rebecca West Quotes)

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