There is, of course, no reason for the existence of the male sex except that one sometimes needs help with moving the piano.

- Rebecca West

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

- Rebecca West

Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the f…

- Rebecca West

No great thing happens suddenly.

- Rebecca West

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

- Rebecca West

You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.

- Rebecca West

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

- Rebecca West

The happy marriage, which is the only proper nursery, is indissoluble. The unhappy marriage, which perpetually tells the child a bogey-man story abou…

- Rebecca West

Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.

- Rebecca West