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Rebecca West Quotations

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There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time.
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
The point is that nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
I...have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist when I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.
Man is a hating rather than a loving animal.
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology.
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.
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 sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.
Before a war, military science seems a real science, like astronomy. After a war it seems more like astrology.

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