Famous Rebecca West Quotes

  • Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

    Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.– Rebecca West

  • People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat. – Rebecca West

    People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.– Rebecca West

  • She understood children, and knew that they were adults handicapped by a humiliating disguise and had their adult qualities within them. – Rebecca West

    She understood children, and knew that they were adults handicapped by a humiliating disguise and had their adult qualities within them.– Rebecca West

  • To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also. – Rebecca West

    To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also.– Rebecca West

  • 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.– Rebecca West

  • I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood. – Rebecca West

    I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood.– Rebecca West

  • Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. – Rebecca West

    Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.– Rebecca West