Quotes by Rebecca West

Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts.

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology.

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves.

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.