"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 "Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts." "The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots." "Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience." More In Life "To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."― Emily Dickinson "One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life."― E. M. Forster "The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived."― Soren Kierkegaard