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British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology. Rebecca West »
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. Rebecca West »
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. Rebecca West »
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. Rebecca West »
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. Rebecca West »
It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. Rebecca West »
Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. Rebecca West »
Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know they real truth about his or her love affairs. Rebecca West »
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. Rebecca West »
Man is a hating rather than a loving animal. Rebecca West »
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. Rebecca West »
People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. Rebecca West »
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. Rebecca West »
The point is that nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth. Rebecca West »
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. Rebecca West »

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