Rebecca West Quotes About Hatred

Quotes about: Hatred

• Yes,” said Mamma, “this is the worst of life, that love does not give us common sense but is a sure way of losing it. We love people, and we say that we are going to do more for them than friendship, but it makes such fools of us that we do far less, indeed sometimes what we do could be mistaken for the work of hatred.

  Rebecca West

  People, Common Sense, Giving

  Rebecca West (2010). “The Fountain Overflows”, p.275, Open Road Media

• Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.

  Rebecca West

  Home, Civilization, House

  Rebecca West (1982). “The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17”, Not Avail

• A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.

  Rebecca West

  Strong, Hate, Cutting

  Rebecca West, Jane Marcus (1982). “The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17”, New York : Viking Press

• There was too much hatred in the world; it was manifestly as dangerous as gunpowder, yet people let it lie about, in the way of ignition.

  Rebecca West

  Hate, Lying, People

  Rebecca West (2010). “The Thinking Reed”, p.180, Open Road Media

• Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization. ... The first thing a woman does when she gets a little money into her hands is to hire some other poor wretch to do her housework.

  Rebecca West

  Hands, Civilization, Hatred

  Rebecca West (1982). “The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17”, Not Avail

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