I cannot think that espionage can be recommended as a technique for building an impressive civilization. It's a lout's game.
Rebecca WestI wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?
Rebecca WestMarriage had certain commercial advantages. By it the man secures the exclusive right to the woman's body and by it, the woman binds the man to support her during the rest of her life.... A more disgraceful bargain was never struck.
Rebecca West