Men Life A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere. - Rebecca West
Experience There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience. - Rebecca West
History It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. - Rebecca West
Art There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. - Rebecca West
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. - Rebecca West
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. - Anna Quindlen
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. - Francis Bacon
The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it. - Charlotte Perkins Gilman