Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself. Rebecca West expresshumanitysphinxlike Change image and share on social
We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy. Rebecca West brandycomfortdraw Change image and share on social
It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. Rebecca West abandondesireduty Change image and share on social
All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears. Rebecca West dropmannation Change image and share on social
A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere. Rebecca West bearcutdark Change image and share on social
Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is. Rebecca West agentdestructionhypocrisy Change image and share on social
Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste. Rebecca West greatjamejoyce Change image and share on social
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. Rebecca West disasterprecipitatevice Change image and share on social
Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs. Rebecca West affairbiographyconsider Change image and share on social
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. Rebecca West astrologyastronomymilitary Change image and share on social
