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.
Quotes by Rebecca West
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
It's queer how it is always one's virtues that precipitate one into disaster.
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.'
Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
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.









