There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.

Quote by Rebecca West

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The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

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

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

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...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

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...

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...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

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

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

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

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...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

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.

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.

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...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...