Rebecca West Time Quotations

There is nothing rarer than a man who can be trusted never to throw away happiness, however eagerly he sometimes grasps it. In history we are as frequently interested in our own doom.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

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

Why must you always try to be omnipotent, and shove things about? Tragic things happen sometimes that we just have to submit to.

History sometimes acts as madly as heredity, and her most unpredictable performances are often her most glorious.

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.'

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.