Rebecca West

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

I don't like to get in front of people.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.