"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul." ― Rebecca West Topic(s): Life More From Rebecca West "Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology." "Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse." "Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person’s mind." More In Life "I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."― Henry David Thoreau "There are people who want to make men’s lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance."― Friedrich Nietzsche "My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that’s just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun."― Tom Lehrer