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Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I hope you won't mind, because I haven't shaved since this morning, but I'm going to take you round the next quiet corner and kiss you. I hope you won't mind, because I haven't shaved since this morning, but I'm going to take you round the next quiet corner and kiss you.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject. Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts. People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: A man was taken to the Zoo and shown the giraffe. After gazing at it a little in silence: 'I don't believe it,' he said. A man was taken to the Zoo and shown the giraffe. After gazing at it a little in silence: 'I don't believe it,' he said.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: If anybody ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle If anybody ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both good and evil, since the world is made to that mingled pattern. While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both good and evil, since the world is made to that mingled pattern.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression. Make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Theology is the mistress-science, without which the whole educational structure will necessarily lack its final synthesis. Theology is the mistress-science, without which the whole educational structure will necessarily lack its final synthesis.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The keeping of an idle woman is a badge of superior social status. The keeping of an idle woman is a badge of superior social status.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something. Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: To mention honor was to suggest its opposite. To mention honor was to suggest its opposite.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: First I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense inn it. First I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense inn it.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The education that we have so far succeeded in giving to the bulk of our citizens has produced a generation of mental slatterns. The education that we have so far succeeded in giving to the bulk of our citizens has produced a generation of mental slatterns.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I am better off with vegetables at the bottom of my garden than with all the fairies of the Midsummer Night's Dream. I am better off with vegetables at the bottom of my garden than with all the fairies of the Midsummer Night's Dream.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: How true it is that men live for Things and women for People! How true it is that men live for Things and women for People!
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: In the first part, the master-faculties are Observation and Memory, so in the second, the master-faculty is the Discursive Reason. In the first part, the master-faculties are Observation and Memory, so in the second, the master-faculty is the Discursive Reason.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: No," said Harriet, who had been exercising No," said Harriet, who had been exercising
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Advertising never sold a bad product twice. Advertising never sold a bad product twice.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession. What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: At no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance. At no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Harriet laughed, remembering suddenly that a novelist owes a duty to her newspaper reporters. Harriet laughed, remembering suddenly that a novelist owes a duty to her newspaper reporters.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: It is impossible for human nature to believe that money is not there. It seems so much more likely that the money is there and only needs bawling for. It is impossible for human nature to believe that money is not there. It seems so much more likely that the money is there and only needs bawling for.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: February was sobbing and blustering its lachrymose way into March, when she received a letter from the Dean. February was sobbing and blustering its lachrymose way into March, when she received a letter from the Dean.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I say - I don't mind betting this is the most popular thing Campbell ever did. Nothing in life became him like the leaving of it, eh, what? I say - I don't mind betting this is the most popular thing Campbell ever did. Nothing in life became him like the leaving of it, eh, what?
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: At present we have no clear grasp of the principle that every man should do the work for which he is fitted by nature! At present we have no clear grasp of the principle that every man should do the work for which he is fitted by nature!
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: There are many difficulties inherent in a teleological view of creation, said Parker placidly. There are many difficulties inherent in a teleological view of creation, said Parker placidly.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do""Except to teach me for the first time what they meant. How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do"
"Except to teach me for the first time what they meant.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I have rather an unwholesome weakness for policemen. I have rather an unwholesome weakness for policemen.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I always said the professional advocate was the most amoral person on the face of the earth. I'm certain of it now. I always said the professional advocate was the most amoral person on the face of the earth. I'm certain of it now.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice. Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I beg your pardon," said Lord Peter, "I was quoting poetry. Very silly of me. I got the habit at my mother's knee and I can't break myself of it. I beg your pardon," said Lord Peter, "I was quoting poetry. Very silly of me. I got the habit at my mother's knee and I can't break myself of it.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us. We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Of all devils let loose in the world there is no devil like devoted love ... Of all devils let loose in the world there is no devil like devoted love ...
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: When cats sat staring into the fire they were thinking out problems. When cats sat staring into the fire they were thinking out problems.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Herein fail not at your peril. Herein fail not at your peril.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The first thing a principle does is to kill somebody.Gaudy Night The first thing a principle does is to kill somebody.
Gaudy Night
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: There is undoubtedly something irritating about the favorites of fortune. There is undoubtedly something irritating about the favorites of fortune.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The characteristic common to God and man is apparently that: the desire and the ability to make things. The characteristic common to God and man is apparently that: the desire and the ability to make things.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage. Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody. Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: A woman fit to be a man's wife is too good to be his servant. A woman fit to be a man's wife is too good to be his servant.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I like to crawl away and hide in a corner.""Well," he said, with a transitory gleam of himself, "you're my corner and I've come to hide. I like to crawl away and hide in a corner."
"Well," he said, with a transitory gleam of himself, "you're my corner and I've come to hide.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: his thoughts revolving silently in this squirrel-cage of mystification. his thoughts revolving silently in this squirrel-cage of mystification.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money. To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: You can always turn a tragedy into a comedy by sitting down. You can always turn a tragedy into a comedy by sitting down.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood. There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth. I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground. If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: What are you to do with the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains? What are you to do with the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains?
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever. If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age. Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Very dangerous things, theories. Very dangerous things, theories.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited. There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I'm getting very old and my bones ache. My sins are deserting me, and if I could only have my time over again I'd take care to commit more of I'm getting very old and my bones ache. My sins are deserting me, and if I could only have my time over again I'd take care to commit more of them.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I took the liberty of ascertaining as much beforehand, my lord.""Of course you did, Bunter. You always ascertain everything. I took the liberty of ascertaining as much beforehand, my lord."
"Of course you did, Bunter. You always ascertain everything.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: In detective stories virtue is always triumphant. They're the purest literature we have In detective stories virtue is always triumphant. They're the purest literature we have
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Advertise, or go under. Advertise, or go under.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: On the strength of his literary output alone ... any woman of sense would decline to tackle D.H. Lawrence at 1,000 pounds a night. On the strength of his literary output alone ... any woman of sense would decline to tackle D.H. Lawrence at 1,000 pounds a night.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: And what do all the great words come to in the end, but that? I love you- I am at rest with you- I have come home. And what do all the great words come to in the end, but that? I love you- I am at rest with you- I have come home.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Let the galled jade wince' - Let the galled jade wince' -
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless. The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Plain lies are dangerous. Plain lies are dangerous.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The vital power of an imaginative work demands a diversity within its unity; and the stronger the diversity the more massive the unity. The vital power of an imaginative work demands a diversity within its unity; and the stronger the diversity the more massive the unity.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: It's not the innocent young things that need gentle handlingit's the ones that have been frightened and hurt. It's not the innocent young things that need gentle handling
it's the ones that have been frightened and hurt.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I didn't mind thinking you were a murderer," said Lady Mary spitefully, "but I do mind you being such an ass. I didn't mind thinking you were a murderer," said Lady Mary spitefully, "but I do mind you being such an ass.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?""So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober. Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?"
"So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Something was jigging and worrying in his brain; it felt like a hive of bees, stirred up by a stick. Something was jigging and worrying in his brain; it felt like a hive of bees, stirred up by a stick.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood. We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world. We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: All conscious thought is a process in time; so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule to measure its own length. All conscious thought is a process in time; so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule to measure its own length.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain;If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death! Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain;
If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death!
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The planet's tyrant, dotard Death, had held his gray mirror before them for a moment and shown them the image of things to come. The planet's tyrant, dotard Death, had held his gray mirror before them for a moment and shown them the image of things to come.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force. Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: It is always reasonably easy to get conversation going in a pub, and it will be a black day for detectives when beer is abolished. After It is always reasonably easy to get conversation going in a pub, and it will be a black day for detectives when beer is abolished. After
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point of insanity. A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point of insanity.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: The autobiography is at one and the same time a single element in the series of the writer's created works and an interpretation of the whole series. The autobiography is at one and the same time a single element in the series of the writer's created works and an interpretation of the whole series.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: It's very inconvenient being a sculptor. It's like playing the double-bass; one's so handicapped by one's baggage. It's very inconvenient being a sculptor. It's like playing the double-bass; one's so handicapped by one's baggage.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I can't think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one's grammar. It's a kind of intellectual rot that sets in, I'm afraid. I can't think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one's grammar. It's a kind of intellectual rot that sets in, I'm afraid.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: There's something hypnotic about the word tea. There's something hypnotic about the word tea.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Jesus Christ is the only God who has a date in history. Jesus Christ is the only God who has a date in history.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Even if it is the twilight of the world, before night falls I will sleep in your arms.' ... Even if it is the twilight of the world, before night falls I will sleep in your arms.' ...
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking. I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: in the linked arms of Bacchus and Aphrodite. in the linked arms of Bacchus and Aphrodite.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: She couldn't have found anything nastier to say if she had thought it out with both hands for a fortnight. She couldn't have found anything nastier to say if she had thought it out with both hands for a fortnight.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Nothing is more cruel to the young than to tell them that the world is made for youth. Nothing is more cruel to the young than to tell them that the world is made for youth.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: His lordship is in the enjoyment of very low spirits, owing to his inexplicable inability to bend Providence to his own designs. His lordship is in the enjoyment of very low spirits, owing to his inexplicable inability to bend Providence to his own designs.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means. A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick. To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: You needn't try to bully me, young man," said that octogenarian with spirit, "settin' there spoilin' your stomach with them nasty jujubes. You needn't try to bully me, young man," said that octogenarian with spirit, "settin' there spoilin' your stomach with them nasty jujubes.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: There are crimes which the Law cannot reach. There are crimes which the Law cannot reach.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run away. She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run away.
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Don't let the smallest chance slip by; you never know until you try Don't let the smallest chance slip by; you never know until you try
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: Jerrykins, or Pickled Gherkins. Lord Peter was not one of those born uncles who delight old nurses by their Jerrykins, or Pickled Gherkins. Lord Peter was not one of those born uncles who delight old nurses by their
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes: One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again. One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again.

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