Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. – Rebecca West
Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West
Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West