"The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power……" — Rebecca West
"The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived."
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85 Quotes by Rebecca West
Rebecca West has 85 quotes on this site.
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Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical…
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The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.
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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to…
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Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather…
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Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless…
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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.
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Getting a divorce is nearly always as cheerful and useful an occupation as breaking valuable china.
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Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them…
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There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.
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All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to…
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Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.
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For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up…
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More Experiencing Quotes
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I was experiencing all the success the entertainment industry has to offer, but I knew there had to be something…
— Kirk Cameron
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My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the…
— Jim Carrey
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Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues…
— Kim Cattrall
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I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know…
— Nick Cave
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We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in…
— Leonard Cohen
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Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance…
— M. Scott Peck
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When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation,…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence…
— David Korten
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The only way to be a champion is by going through these forced reps and the torture and pain. That's…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a…
— Annie Dillard
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I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence.
— Unknown Author
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To suppress the grief, the pain, is to condemn oneself to a living death. Living fully means feeling fully; it…
— Philip Kapleau
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