There is, of course, no reason for the existence of the male sex except that one sometimes needs help with moving the piano.
Rebecca WestThe adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.
Rebecca WestTime spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not of the will.
Rebecca WestThere is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.
Rebecca WestWe think in youth that our bodies are identical to ourselves and have the same interests, but discover later in life that they are heartless companions who have been accidentally yoked with us, and who are as likely as not, in our extreme sickness or old age, to treat us with less mercy than we would have received at the hands of the worst bandits.
Rebecca West