"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology."
-Rebecca West
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"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul."
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"Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind."
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"There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence."
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"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience."
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"The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots."
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