Dame Cecily Isabel Fairfield (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books for The Times, the New York Herald Tribune, The Sunday Telegraph...
I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
I had learnt to seek intensity—more of life, a concentrated sense of life.