I don't believe that to understand is necessarily to pardon, but I feel that to understand makes one forget that one cannot pardon.
Rebecca WestThe adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.
Rebecca Westone of Mr. [Thomas] Hardy's ancestors must have married a weeping willow. There are pages and pages in his collected poems which are simply plain narratives in ballad form of how an unenjoyable time was had by all.
Rebecca WestThe American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.
Rebecca West