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Dorothy Dunnett quotes: A long time afterwards, she was to remember what an excellent chess-player Francis Crawford was. A long time afterwards, she was to remember what an excellent chess-player Francis Crawford was.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Adam!' said Danny. 'You mustn't drop out of the choir. We have too much to do. What do we have to do? Adam!' said Danny. 'You mustn't drop out of the choir. We have too much to do. What do we have to do?
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Not to every young girl is it given to enter the harem of the Sultan of Turkey and return to her homeland a virgin. Not to every young girl is it given to enter the harem of the Sultan of Turkey and return to her homeland a virgin.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure - if he survives the experience. He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure - if he survives the experience.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: A versatile commodity, death; except for those suffering it. A versatile commodity, death; except for those suffering it.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Repressively, Lymond himself answered. "I dislike being discussed as if I were a disease. Nobody 'got' me," he said. Repressively, Lymond himself answered. "I dislike being discussed as if I were a disease. Nobody 'got' me," he said.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: We may lack some polish,' he said. 'But distrust the society which displays overmuch dangerous charm. We may lack some polish,' he said. 'But distrust the society which displays overmuch dangerous charm.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I had no expectations,' Philippa said. The tears stood still on her face. 'This is one lesson I know by heart already. I had no expectations,' Philippa said. The tears stood still on her face. 'This is one lesson I know by heart already.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with. I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: What I desire, thou dost not possess for thyself. How canst thou render it then to another? What I desire, thou dost not possess for thyself. How canst thou render it then to another?
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree. Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past? Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Strophe and counterstrophe reached their epode. Strophe and counterstrophe reached their epode.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I dislike untidy wars, as I dislike untidy peacemaking. I dislike untidy wars, as I dislike untidy peacemaking.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: They spoke in Latin, so that all might understand; but the quotations they flung at each other were Greek and Hebrew, Turkish, Persian. They spoke in Latin, so that all might understand; but the quotations they flung at each other were Greek and Hebrew, Turkish, Persian.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: And that was when she realized that laughter, which they had lost, had come back to them, and they were whole again. And that was when she realized that laughter, which they had lost, had come back to them, and they were whole again.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands. I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: The crossroads may not be of your own seeking, but at least the road you choose will be your own. The crossroads may not be of your own seeking, but at least the road you choose will be your own.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom. A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Kate won't be troubled. I don't know any gentlemen, anyway.''Thank you,' said Lymond. Kate won't be troubled. I don't know any gentlemen, anyway.'

'Thank you,' said Lymond.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I could see you drop dead this minute from paralysis of the brain cells and burst into uninhibited applause. I could see you drop dead this minute from paralysis of the brain cells and burst into uninhibited applause.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I devised a somewhat arbitrary way out of my own difficulties that evening. I devised a somewhat arbitrary way out of my own difficulties that evening.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Men would fight well for their pay, but they would die for an aspiration. Men would fight well for their pay, but they would die for an aspiration.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: What an extraordinary fuss there has been,' said the Dame de Doubtance raspingly, 'about that irresponsible Irishwoman and her improper child. What an extraordinary fuss there has been,' said the Dame de Doubtance raspingly, 'about that irresponsible Irishwoman and her improper child.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Immoderation, Mariotta, is a thief of money and intestinal joy, but who'd check it? Not I. Here I am, weeping soft tears of myrrh, to prove it. Immoderation, Mariotta, is a thief of money and intestinal joy, but who'd check it? Not I. Here I am, weeping soft tears of myrrh, to prove it.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: What is there but untruth and heartbreak wherever you go? What is there but untruth and heartbreak wherever you go?
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: The darts which make me suffer are my own. The darts which make me suffer are my own.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Violence in nature is one thing, but among civilized mankind, what excuse is there? Violence in nature is one thing, but among civilized mankind, what excuse is there?
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Lymond surveyed the grinning audience with an air of gentle discovery. Is there no work to be done? Or perhaps it's a holiday? Lymond surveyed the grinning audience with an air of gentle discovery. Is there no work to be done? Or perhaps it's a holiday?
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: We're all runts and bastards of one sort or another. We're all runts and bastards of one sort or another.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Lymond said, 'Have I been talking?''We all have, in nightmares. But yours have not been about the sea. Lymond said, 'Have I been talking?'

'We all have, in nightmares. But yours have not been about the sea.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I wish,' said Lymond, 'it would try a major key sometimes.''Wind,' Chancellor said, 'is a melancholy creature. I wish,' said Lymond, 'it would try a major key sometimes.'

'Wind,' Chancellor said, 'is a melancholy creature.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: She wouldn't send anyone, nor would she take anyone with her. She organizes witches' Sabbaths every full moon,' explained Philippa tartly. She wouldn't send anyone, nor would she take anyone with her. She organizes witches' Sabbaths every full moon,' explained Philippa tartly.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Warfare and trickery. It is your natural element. Warfare and trickery. It is your natural element.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: You've got one hero too many already. Stand on your own feet, Brother. It's good for the soul. You've got one hero too many already. Stand on your own feet, Brother. It's good for the soul.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Mariotta listened to it all, sitting judicially in a whirl of velvet with all the Culter jewels and the emerald necklace for moral support. Mariotta listened to it all, sitting judicially in a whirl of velvet with all
the Culter jewels and the emerald necklace for moral support.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: One escapes; but one always has to come back. I found too I disliked not being in command of myself. One escapes; but one always has to come back. I found too I disliked not being in command of myself.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Rimed and sparkling with sugar, the wrestler lay like some child's flaccid sweetmeat in death, and the dogs licked his eyelids. Rimed and sparkling with sugar, the wrestler lay like some child's flaccid sweetmeat in death, and the dogs licked his eyelids.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Whether romance existed in him or not, sentimentality had no place at all. Whether romance existed in him or not, sentimentality had no place at all.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Intentions, yours or anyone else's, don't matter; they never matter and never excuse. Intentions, yours or anyone else's, don't matter; they never matter and never excuse.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: And deep within him, missing its accustomed tread, his heart paused, and gave one single stroke, as if on an anvil. And deep within him, missing its accustomed tread, his heart paused, and gave one single stroke, as if on an anvil.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Music, the knife without a hilt, Music, the knife without a hilt,
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: In order to rule, one must face reality. In order to rule, one must face reality.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Discomfort without hope of betterment is not a great springboard. Discomfort without hope of betterment is not a great springboard.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: We?' said Chancellor.'I am lavishly paid,' Danny said, 'to think in the first person plural. We?' said Chancellor.

'I am lavishly paid,' Danny said, 'to think in the first person plural.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: This is habitual. Mother flutters her wings, and every institution within sight tumbles flat. This is habitual. Mother flutters her wings, and every institution within sight tumbles flat.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: As everyone keeps insisting, parentage doesn't matter. Love him for what he is. As everyone keeps insisting, parentage doesn't matter. Love him for what he is.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Fools make news, and wise men carry it. Fools make news, and wise men carry it.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Subject to intelligence, nothing is incalculable. Subject to intelligence, nothing is incalculable.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I hope the string and clapper arrangement he calls a mind has been permanently put out of action. I hope the string and clapper arrangement he calls a mind has been permanently put out of action.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: For this, you are right, I need to be either entirely sober or very drunk indeed. For this, you are right, I need to be either entirely sober or very drunk indeed.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I have many fears,' Lymond said. 'But death is not one of them. I have many fears,' Lymond said. 'But death is not one of them.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I don't like to see things done badly on either. At the moment, I am tired of journeys. It is time I arrived somewhere. I don't like to see things done badly on either. At the moment, I am tired of journeys. It is time I arrived somewhere.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: You choose to play God, and the Deity points out that the post is already adequately filled. You choose to play God, and the Deity points out that the post is already adequately filled.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: It is not advisable to crow. It might be oneself next time. It is not advisable to crow. It might be oneself next time.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: The more modest your expectations, the less often you will court disappointment. The more modest your expectations, the less often you will court disappointment.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Don't be so sensitive,' he said, faintly chiding. 'It makes everyday commerce most trying. Don't be so sensitive,' he said, faintly chiding. 'It makes everyday commerce most trying.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I wish to God," said Gideon with mild exasperation, "that you'd talk - just once - in prose like other people. I wish to God," said Gideon with mild exasperation, "that you'd talk - just once - in prose like other people.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Go away and bleed to death,' said his onetime saviour sharply. 'On behalf of the female sex I feel I may cheer every lesion. Go away and bleed to death,' said his onetime saviour sharply. 'On behalf of the female sex I feel I may cheer every lesion.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Words is but wind but dunts is the devil Words is but wind but dunts is the devil
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: The moment is past. The chessboard has gone; and the people. You must let me take the room from you too. The moment is past. The chessboard has gone; and the people. You must let me take the room from you too.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I have fallen out of the habit of talking to brothers,' Lymond said. I have fallen out of the habit of talking to brothers,' Lymond said.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake. It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: If I can't be personal, I don't want to argue," said his hostess categorically. "I may be missing your points, but you're much too busy dodging mine. If I can't be personal, I don't want to argue," said his hostess categorically. "I may be missing your points, but you're much too busy dodging mine.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Lion-hearted; her tremors braced with virtue, Philippa trotted on. Lion-hearted; her tremors braced with virtue, Philippa trotted on.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I do admire efficiency,' said Marthe. 'But how tedious it can be in excess. I do admire efficiency,' said Marthe. 'But how tedious it can be in excess.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: In Rome there is a pathological shortage of small coins. For change, the little shops tend to use candy. In Rome there is a pathological shortage of small coins. For change, the little shops tend to use candy.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Self-knowledge is not sold on the Rialto. And if it were, few people would buy. Self-knowledge is not sold on the Rialto. And if it were, few people would buy.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I see,' said Jerott slowly. 'You've thought it all out.''That's what I do,' said Lymond. 'I sit on my brood-patch and think. I see,' said Jerott slowly. 'You've thought it all out.'

'That's what I do,' said Lymond. 'I sit on my brood-patch and think.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I prize freedom of the mind above freedom of the body. I prize freedom of the mind above freedom of the body.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Intolerance drunk is bad enough, but intolerance sober is quite insupportable. Intolerance drunk is bad enough, but intolerance sober is quite insupportable.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: If I did not know how to live, I shall know how to die. If I did not know how to live, I shall know how to die.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: It was a tragic and annihilating war, in which intellect fought naked with intellect, and the blows fell not upon the mind but upon the soul. It was a tragic and annihilating war, in which intellect fought naked with intellect, and the blows fell not upon the mind but upon the soul.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: If he is tired, and they put a foot wrong, he will choose the one unmentionable response and make it. He did it last night. If he is tired, and they put a foot wrong, he will choose the one unmentionable response and make it. He did it last night.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort. Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Lymond's behaviour, as always, went to the limits of polite usage and then hurtled off into space. Lymond's behaviour, as always, went to the limits of polite usage and then hurtled off into space.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I have lost you before I have found you. I have lost you before I have found you.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative, of imagination. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative, of imagination.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: The trouble with Austin was that he believed so deeply in the chivalrous virtues that he found it impossible to refer to them. The trouble with Austin was that he believed so deeply in the chivalrous virtues that he found it impossible to refer to them.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Henry of England had all the virtues and all the faults, and solved the contradiction by making scapegoats and sin-eaters of half his entourage. Henry of England had all the virtues and all the faults, and solved the contradiction by making scapegoats and sin-eaters of half his entourage.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Look up ... and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues. Look up ... and see them.
The teaching stars,
beyond worship
and commonplace tongues.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: And isna Sybilla a wee love o' a bitch?''You say the nicest things about my mother,' said Lymond. And isna Sybilla a wee love o' a bitch?'

'You say the nicest things about my mother,' said Lymond.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Elephants gave you less bother, any day. Elephants gave you less bother, any day.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I once heard a man speak, who had understanding, and the promise of vision. He was called the Master of Culter. I once heard a man speak, who had understanding, and the promise of vision. He was called the Master of Culter.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Acrostics in French or acrostics in Hebrew were still Greek to him. Acrostics in French or acrostics in Hebrew were still Greek to him.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I feel I deserve a little amusement at someone else's expense. That is all. I have worked for it. I have paid for it. And I propose to have it. I feel I deserve a little amusement at someone else's expense. That is all. I have worked for it. I have paid for it. And I propose to have it.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: He has to perfection, M. le Comte, the art of living his private life with as much public attention as possible. He has to perfection, M. le Comte, the art of living his private life with as much public attention as possible.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I will give you to Catherine. I will not give you to a hole in the ground. I will give you to Catherine. I will not give you to a hole in the ground.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: One knows, when all one's life one has walked in dangerous places, when the silence is that of ambush and when the silence is that of emptiness. One knows, when all one's life one has walked in dangerous places, when the silence is that of ambush and when the silence is that of emptiness.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: And, surprisingly, it was Lymond's voice which said sharply, 'You cannot debar a human being from love! And, surprisingly, it was Lymond's voice which said sharply, 'You cannot debar a human being from love!
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: A smile, bracketing his still mouth, spread like bane over Lymond's pale face. A smile, bracketing his still mouth, spread like bane over Lymond's pale face.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that. Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Without thinking at all deeply about anything, he was chiefly aware of the need to be back in a company of men, fighting something. Without thinking at all deeply about anything, he was chiefly aware of the need to be back in a company of men, fighting something.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: He is not going to come back now, for me, for you or for anyone. This time he has found the boatman, and the boatman has taken him over. He is not going to come back now, for me, for you or for anyone. This time he has found the boatman, and the boatman has taken him over.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: We have reached the open sea, with some charts; and the firmament. We have reached the open sea, with some charts; and the firmament.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: man had blandly abstained. He had been right: it would have lost him money. But not in Scotland, man had blandly abstained. He had been right: it would have lost him money. But not in Scotland,
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: The war between England and Scotland was in its eighth year and there had been no raid for ten days: it had seemed possible to get married in peace. The war between England and Scotland was in its eighth year and there had been no raid for ten days: it had seemed possible to get married in peace.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: For how long can one maintain total vigilance?For how long can love last, in isolation, without sinking crushed beneath its own pressure? For how long can one maintain total vigilance?

For how long can love last, in isolation, without sinking crushed beneath its own pressure?
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: I have learned,' said Lymond, 'that kindness without love is no kindness. I have learned,' said Lymond, 'that kindness without love is no kindness.
Dorothy Dunnett quotes: Tact,' Lymond said, 'is the name you should have upon your tombstone. Tact,' Lymond said, 'is the name you should have upon your tombstone.

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