God, what a life this is,” he said, “full of presciences that don't do us any good, full of self-consciousness that tortures us by telling us just wh… - Rebecca West

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God, what a life this is,” he said, “full of presciences that don't do us any good, full of self-consciousness that tortures us by telling us just what sort of hole we’re in, but never how to get out of it.

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About Rebecca West

Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer.

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Alternative Names: West, Dame Rebecca Dame Rebecca West Cicely Fairchild Cicily Isabel Andrews Cicily Andrews Cicely Isabel Fairfield Cicily Isobel Fairfield Cicily Isabel Fairfield Cicily Fairfield Andrews Mrs H. M. Andrews Cicily Fairfield Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield Cicily Farifield
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