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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. - Rebecca West
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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. - Rebecca West
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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse. - Rebecca West
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It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. - Rebecca West
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Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. - Rebecca West
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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. - Rebecca West
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There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all. - Rebecca West
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Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space. - Rebecca West
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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. - Rebecca West
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Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth. - Rebecca West
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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. - Rebecca West
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I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. - Rebecca West
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He is every other inch a gentleman. - Rebecca West
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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
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Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. - Rebecca West
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There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. - Rebecca West
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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind. - Rebecca West
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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. - Rebecca West
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