But why should a man want to marry a woman who doesn’t do a… - Rebecca West

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But why should a man want to marry a woman who doesn’t do anything to people but blame them for things they haven’t done? It will be like spending one’s whole life being rubbed with moral sandpaper.

Rebecca West

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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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Pen Names: Lynx

Birth Name: Cecily Isabel Fairfield

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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