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Daphne Du Maurier quotes: The relief was tremendous. I did not feel sick anymore. The pain had gone...I had no idea I was so empty. The relief was tremendous. I did not feel sick anymore. The pain had gone...I had no idea I was so empty.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: The fact that it's black transforms it. Has the same effect on women that black stockings have on men. The fact that it's black transforms it. Has the same effect on women that black stockings have on men.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: If you think I'm one of those people who try to be funny at breakfast you're wrong. I'm invariably ill-tempered in the early morning. If you think I'm one of those people who try to be funny at breakfast you're wrong. I'm invariably ill-tempered in the early morning.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: She had contemplated life so long it had become indifferent to her. She had contemplated life so long it had become indifferent to her.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: He was young and ardent in a hundred happy ways. He was young and ardent in a hundred happy ways.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been, the gray stone shining in the moonlight of my dream ... There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been, the gray stone shining in the moonlight of my dream ...
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: It was unlike anything I had ever known. I had no feeling, no pain. It was unlike anything I had ever known. I had no feeling, no pain.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Why this man should love that woman, what queer chemical mix-up in our blood draws us to one another, who can tell? Why this man should love that woman, what queer chemical mix-up in our blood draws us to one another, who can tell?
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: There was nothing quite so shaming, so degrading as a marriage that had failed. There was nothing quite so shaming, so degrading as a marriage that had failed.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls. I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: But a lonely man is an unnatural man, and soon comes to perplexity. From perplexity to fantasy. From fantasy to madness. But a lonely man is an unnatural man, and soon comes to perplexity. From perplexity to fantasy. From fantasy to madness.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Writing every book is like a purge; at the end of it one is empty ... like a dry shell on the beach, waiting for the tide to come in Writing every book is like a purge; at the end of it one is empty ... like a dry shell on the beach, waiting for the tide to come in again.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I had never looked more youthful, I had never felt so old. I had never looked more youthful, I had never felt so old.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Time could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, nor the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand. Time could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, nor the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: All autobiography is self-indulgent. All autobiography is self-indulgent.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: You have only to look at his eyes. He's still in hell... You have only to look at his eyes. He's still in hell...
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Nature had come into her own again and, little by little, in her stealthy, insidious way had encroached upon the drive with long, tenacious fingers. Nature had come into her own again and, little by little, in her stealthy, insidious way had encroached upon the drive with long, tenacious fingers.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: the rank and melancholy smell of charred wet wood and sodden leaves coming towards me on a wisp of air. the rank and melancholy smell of charred wet wood and sodden leaves coming towards me on a wisp of air.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: We're not meant for happiness, you and I. We're not meant for happiness, you and I.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: All whispers and echoes from a past that is gone teem into the sleeper's brain, and he is with them, and part of them. All whispers and echoes from a past that is gone teem into the sleeper's brain, and he is with them, and part of them.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard. Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: A bad workman blames his tools. A bad workman blames his tools.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Nothing like a cup of tea to make a person feel better, man or woman. Nothing like a cup of tea to make a person feel better, man or woman.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story. Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I could not ask for forgiveness for something I had not done. As scapegoat, I could only bear the fault. I could not ask for forgiveness for something I had not done. As scapegoat, I could only bear the fault.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say. I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone. Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Resignation brings its own reward Resignation brings its own reward
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work. A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: There is no going back in life, no return, no second chance. I cannot call back the spoken word or the accomplished deed. There is no going back in life, no return, no second chance. I cannot call back the spoken word or the accomplished deed.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: reader is back in the reader is back in the
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: The house was a sepulcher, our fear and suffering lay buried in the ruins. There would be no resurrection. The house was a sepulcher, our fear and suffering lay buried in the ruins. There would be no resurrection.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: No, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all. No, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: She laughed because she must, and because he made her; She laughed because she must, and because he made her;
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Life and death do not wait for legal action. Life and death do not wait for legal action.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Maxim's voice, clear and strong, Will someone take my wife outside?She is going to faint. Maxim's voice, clear and strong, Will someone take my wife outside?She is going to faint.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones. I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Because I believe there is nothing so self-destroying, and no emotion quite so despicable, as jealousy. Because I believe there is nothing so self-destroying, and no emotion quite so despicable, as jealousy.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: But in future keep the things that hurt to myself alone. They can be my secret indulgence. But in future keep the things that hurt to myself alone. They can be my secret indulgence.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I wonder ... when it was that the world first went amiss, and men forgot how to live and to love and to be happy. I wonder ... when it was that the world first went amiss, and men forgot how to live and to love and to be happy.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands. But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Anger and jealousy were things that could be conquered. Anger and jealousy were things that could be conquered.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: It wouldn't make for sanity would it, living with the devil. It wouldn't make for sanity would it, living with the devil.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem. The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: You're all wounded and hurt and torn inside. You're all wounded and hurt and torn inside.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: No person will ever get into my blood as a place can ... People and things pass away, but not places. No person will ever get into my blood as a place can ... People and things pass away, but not places.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations. Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I don't mind. I like being alone. I don't mind. I like being alone.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: He stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now. He stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: An empty house can be as lonely as a full hotel" he said at length."The trouble is that it is less impersonal. An empty house can be as lonely as a full hotel" he said at length."The trouble is that it is less impersonal.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child. I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: You understand now ... how simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten. You understand now ... how simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I had build up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth. I had build up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: As I stood there,hushed and still,I could swear that the house was not an empty shell but lived and breathed as it had lived before. As I stood there,hushed and still,I could swear that the house was not an empty shell but lived and breathed as it had lived before.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now? Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: It's so much easier to think out vaguely in my head than to set it down in words. It's so much easier to think out vaguely in my head than to set it down in words.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Her dullness made her own punishment. Her dullness made her own punishment.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: F we killed women for their tongues all men would be murderers. F we killed women for their tongues all men would be murderers.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: When she smiled it was as though she embraced the world. When she smiled it was as though she embraced the world.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: It doesn't make for sanity, does it, living with the devil. It doesn't make for sanity, does it, living with the devil.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: You see,' she said, snapping the top, and walking down the stairs, 'you are so very different from Rebecca You see,' she said, snapping the top, and walking down the stairs, 'you are so very different from Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back. A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Richard turned and saw me. And as he looked at me it was as if my whole heart moved over in my body and was mine no longer Richard turned and saw me. And as he looked at me it was as if my whole heart moved over in my body and was mine no longer
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: He's made his own hell and there's no one but himself to thank for it. He's made his own hell and there's no one but himself to thank for it.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Mullioned windows reflecting the green lawns and the terrace. Mullioned windows reflecting the green lawns and the terrace.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: We've got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world. We've got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person. When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Dead men tell no tales, Mary. Dead men tell no tales, Mary.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality. Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I was like a little scrubby schoolboy with a passion for a sixth-form prefect, and he kinder, and far more inaccessible. I was like a little scrubby schoolboy with a passion for a sixth-form prefect, and he kinder, and far more inaccessible.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I was aware of a sense of freedom, as though I had no responsibilities at all. I was aware of a sense of freedom, as though I had no responsibilities at all.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: A man's jealousy is like a child's, fitful and foolish, without depth. A woman's jealousy is adult, which is very different. A man's jealousy is like a child's, fitful and foolish, without depth. A woman's jealousy is adult, which is very different.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: And he went on eating his marmalade as though everything were natural. And he went on eating his marmalade as though everything were natural.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Why, he wondered, should he remember her suddenly, on such a day, watching the rain falling on the apple trees? Why, he wondered, should he remember her suddenly, on such a day, watching the rain falling on the apple trees?
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again. Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: We only become aware of hot discomfort when others are made awkward for our sakes We only become aware of hot discomfort when others are made awkward for our sakes
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Watch that boy. He's going to startle somebody someday. Watch that boy. He's going to startle somebody someday.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: It was disturbing, like an enchanted place. I had not thought it could be as beautiful as this It was disturbing, like an enchanted place. I had not thought it could be as beautiful as this
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: One of my favorite first sentences of abook is from Rebecca, Last night I dreamtI went to Manderley again. One of my favorite first sentences of a
book is from Rebecca, Last night I dreamt
I went to Manderley again.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone. Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Because I want to; because I must; because now and forever more this is where I belong to be. Because I want to; because I must; because now and forever more this is where I belong to be.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: She knew that this was happiness, this was living as she had always wished to live. She knew that this was happiness, this was living as she had always wished to live.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: He was my secret property. Preserved for me alone... He was my secret property. Preserved for me alone...
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: People who travel are always fugitives. People who travel are always fugitives.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: You have blotted out the past for me, far more effectively than all the bright lights of Monte Carlo. You have blotted out the past for me, far more effectively than all the bright lights of Monte Carlo.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: But fate and circumstance had made me no more than a shadow in his life, a phantom of what might have been But fate and circumstance had made me no more than a shadow in his life, a phantom of what might have been
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I did so obediently, and waited for her approval. I did so obediently, and waited for her approval.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: With Rebecca we enter a world of dreams and daydreams, but they always threaten to tip over into nightmare. With Rebecca we enter a world of dreams and daydreams, but they always threaten to tip over into nightmare.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost. We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people. I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: I wanted to go back again, to recapture the moment that had gone, and then it came to me that if we did it would not be the same (...) I wanted to go back again, to recapture the moment that had gone, and then it came to me that if we did it would not be the same (...)
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: If there's one thing that makes a man sick, it's to have his ale poured out of an ugly hand. If there's one thing that makes a man sick, it's to have his ale poured out of an ugly hand.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: - because just by hating it's possible to be purified from love, just with the sword, with the fire.. - because just by hating it's possible to be purified from love, just with the sword, with the fire..
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: The inevitable lorgnette, the enemy to other people's privacy. The inevitable lorgnette, the enemy to other people's privacy.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: The trouble is, walking in Venice becomes compulsive once you start. Just over the next bridge, you say, and then the next one beckons. The trouble is, walking in Venice becomes compulsive once you start. Just over the next bridge, you say, and then the next one beckons.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: People who mattered could not take the humdrum world. But this was not the world, it was enchantment; and all of it was mine. People who mattered could not take the humdrum world. But this was not the world, it was enchantment; and all of it was mine.
Daphne Du Maurier quotes: Living as we do in an age of noise and bluster, success is now measured accordingly. We must all be seen, and heard, and on the air. Living as we do in an age of noise and bluster, success is now measured accordingly. We must all be seen, and heard, and on the air.

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