The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived. Rebecca West experiencelifelive Change image and share on social
Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself. Rebecca West expresshumanitysphinxlike Change image and share on social
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. Rebecca West calldifferentiatedoormat Change image and share on social
There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. Rebecca West artcamelgreat 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
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
Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. Rebecca West assertgreatmusic Change image and share on social