Rebecca West
“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.”
“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.”
“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.”
“A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.”
“There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.”
“Work is much more fun than fun.”
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“Fools rush in where fools have been before.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“It’s pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.”
“The meal is not over when I’m full. The meal is over when I hate myself.”