(39 quotes found)
“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
“There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.”
“Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.”
“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.”
“It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.”
“I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.”
“Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.”
“Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.”
“The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.”
“If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time."”
