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

Quote by Rebecca West

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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

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...

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

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

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

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

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

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...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

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.

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...

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...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

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.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

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...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

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.