Rebecca West

He is every other inch a gentleman.

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

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

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.