Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
Rebecca West
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- Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
- 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.
- Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.
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