There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. – Rebecca West
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. – Rebecca West
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West
Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being ones own Trojan horse. – Rebecca West
Im fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man? – Charles Cumming