丽贝卡·韦斯特

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I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?
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rebecca-west 丽贝卡·韦斯特 名人名言
A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.
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Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.
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All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.
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rebecca-west 丽贝卡·韦斯特 名人名言
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
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rebecca-west 丽贝卡·韦斯特 名人名言
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
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rebecca-west 丽贝卡·韦斯特 名人名言
He is every other inch a gentleman.
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rebecca-west 丽贝卡·韦斯特 名人名言
Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.
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rebecca-west 丽贝卡·韦斯特 名人名言
Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.
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rebecca-west 丽贝卡·韦斯特 名人名言
But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.
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