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Quotes by Rebecca West

I 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 (1892 - 1983)
 
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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
 
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It's queer how it is always one's virtues that precipitate one into disaster.

Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
 
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If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time.'

Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
 
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Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.

Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
Source: Ending in Earnest, 1931
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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
 
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People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
 
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God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
 
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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 (1892 - 1983)
 
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