Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area. The real objection to domesticity is that it is too exciting.


The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 (ed. 1982)

Rebecca West Quotes

Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area....

Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area....

Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area....

Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area....