Quote by Rebecca West
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobi

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

Other quotes by Rebecca West

Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each others nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed. – Rebecca West

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Ideology
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A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere. – Rebecca West

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best
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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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History
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. – Napoleon Hill

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I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someones wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really. – Marilyn Monroe

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Life isnt about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw

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Our search should not be a flight from life. – TKV Desikachar

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You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape. – Woodrow Wilson

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Light comes to us unexpectedly and obliquely. Perhaps it amuses the gods to try us. They want to see whether we are asleep. – H.M. Tomlinson

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