But there are other things than dissipat... by Rebecca West | We Heart Quotes

Author Novelist journalist feminist critic

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

- Rebecca West

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Struggle American

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.

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Men Women

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

- Rebecca West

People

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

- Rebecca West

Books

I write books to find out about things.

- Rebecca West

Gentleman

He is every other inch a gentleman.

- Rebecca West

Comfort

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy.

- Rebecca West

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