This Real Night Quotes

“She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios of rudeness every day of her life.”
― Rebecca West, This Real Night

“She looked as if she were about to burst into tears, but she was wonderful at catching the ball of her own mood in mid-air.”
― Rebecca West, This Real Night

“the world had gone too far in its enthusiasm for moderation and the thing had to be stopped”
― Rebecca West, This Real Night

“Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. But it is also in terror, because those values are threatened, and it is not certain whether they will triumph in this world, and of course music is a missionary effort to colonise earth for imperialistic heaven.”
― Rebecca West, This Real Night