The fear of life which is the beginning of all evil....
Rebecca West
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
Rebecca West
People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
Rebecca West
Any authentic work of art must start as an argument between the artist and his audience.
Rebecca West
There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.
Rebecca West
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
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.