Rebecca West Quote

A La Recherche du Temps Perdu is like a beautiful hand with long fingers reaching out to pluck a perfect fruit, without error,for the accurate eye knows well it is growing just there on the branch, while Ulysses is the fumbling of a horned hand in darkness after a doubted jewel.

The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews (ed. Open Road Media, 2010) - ISBN: 9781453207307