Rebecca West

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a read more

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time.".

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital read more

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