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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Rebecca West

Read Mr. Chesterton in Hysterics at marxists.org

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West, Rebecca. "Mr. Chesterton in Hysterics." The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17. Indiana University Press, 1989. Originally published in The Clarion, 14 Nov. 1913.

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

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West, Rebecca. The Court and the Castle. Yale University Press, 1957.

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Were I to... Take a peasant by the shoulders and whisper to him, "In your lifetime, have you known peace?" wait for his answer, shake his shoulders and transform him into his father, and ask him the same question, and transform him in turn into his father, I would never hear the word "yes" if I carried my questioning of the dead back for a thousand years.

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West, Rebecca. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia. Vol. 1, The Viking Press, 1941.

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