I do not think women understand how repelled a man feels when he sees a woman wholly absorbed in what she is thinking, unless it is about her child, or her husband, or her lover. It ... gives one gooseflesh.
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
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
Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.
No great thing happens suddenly. - Rebecca West
No great thing happens suddenly.
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
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…
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. - Rebecca West
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is. - Rebecca West
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
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
The happy marriage, which is the only proper nursery, is indissoluble. The unhappy marriage, which perpetually tells the child a bogey-man story abou…
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. - Rebecca West
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman. - Rebecca West
Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.
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