Thought that is worth calling thought has no mercy on itsel… - Rebecca West

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Thought that is worth calling thought has no mercy on itself, that is the dreadful proof of its quality.

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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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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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.

To him boredom was a tragedy, for he had no more realization than if he had been an animal that any state he was in would ever come to an end.

the world had gone too far in its enthusiasm for moderation and the thing had to be stopped

Thought that is worth calling thought has no mercy on itself, that is the dreadful proof of its quality. - Rebecca West

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