Quotes by : Rebecca West

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

To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also.

Now, why did Kitty, who was the falsest thing on earth, who was in tune with every kind of falsity, by....

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds even if it is the salt of the earth.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues. That is....

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

She understood children, and knew that they were adults handicapped by a humiliating disguise and had....

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

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

I will be­lieve that the bat­tle of fem­i­nism is over, and that the fe­male has reached a po­si­tion....