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Tag Archives: Rebecca West
“But now Luckeni is Mussolini”
Excerpt from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: More on the killing of the King of Yugoslavia: I knew, of course, how and why the murder [of the King of Yugoslavia] had happened. Lucheni [the Italian assassin who killed Express Elizabeth … Continue reading
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The assassination of the King of Yugoslavia
Excerpt from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The assassination of the King of Yugoslavia in Marseille, which Rebecca West hears about from her sick-bed in the hospital, is what triggers her second visit to the Balkans. She knows she MUST … Continue reading
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Rebecca West on Austria
Excerpt from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Proust has pointed out that if one goes on performing any action, however banal, long enough, it automatically becomes ‘wonderful’: a simple walk down a hundred yards of village street is ‘wonderful’ if … Continue reading
Rebecca West On War
“Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.” — Rebecca West
Lunatics and Idiots
Excerpt from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: “The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.” — Rebecca West
Rebecca West On Biography
Excerpt from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: “Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.” — … Continue reading
Rebecca West On Virtues
“It is always one’s virtues and not one’s vices that precipitate one into disaster.” — Rebecca West
Rebecca West On Feminism
“I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.” — Rebecca West
Rebecca West On Book Banning
“God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.” — Rebecca West
Rebecca West on Hatred
Excerpt from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: “A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.” — Rebecca … Continue reading