Best Rebecca West Quotes
- The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world. Entirely
- Existence in itself, taken at its least miraculous, is a miracle. Existence
- Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but… Any
- 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… Cause
- It appears that even the different parts of the same person do not converse among themselves, do not succeed in learning from each other what… Among
- Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of… Casino
- We think in youth that our bodies are identical to ourselves and have the same interests, but discover later in life that they are heartless… Accidentally
- Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity. Analysis
- Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform or even maintain civilization, and capable too… Capable
- It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. Difference
- Any writer worth his salt knows that only a small proportion of literature does nore than partly compensate people for the damage they have suffered… Any
- 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… Able
- Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is. Agent
- Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. Better
- It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. Disaster
- Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. Adventure
- A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead… Bear
- The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. Difference
- Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. Any
- International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. Based
- Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse. Horse
- All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears. All
- Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind. Communication
- Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. Asserts
- Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth. Earth