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.

Quote by Rebecca West

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Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

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

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

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...