Quotes by : Rebecca West

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires.

Art is not a plaything, but a necessity, and its essence, form, is not a decorative adjustment, but a....

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood.

The word “idiot” comes from a Greek root meaning private person. Idiocy is the female defect: intent....

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me....

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just....

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.....