“ In the animal kingdom a freak was a thing of abhorrence, at once hunted and destroyed, or driven out into the wilderness. Daphne du Maurier
“ I wondered straightaway how he could sit at peace there, of an evening, with the row of heads staring down at him. There were no pictures, no flowers: only the heads of chamois. The concession to melo… Daphne du Maurier
“ I might say that we have paid for freedom. But I have had enough melodrama in this life, and would willingly give my five senses if they could ensure us our present peace and security. Happiness is no… Daphne du Maurier
“ For me, the present agony of departure, the silent terror of leaving a place known to me if hated, the well-nigh impossible task of conquering the fear that possessed me. Not the fear of that hasty lo… Daphne du Maurier
“ 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
“ But the people enjoy watching the dog, he said swiftly, trying to divert Charles. That’s why they go to the circus, for distraction. Maria supplies the same drug in the theater, and I give it in large… Daphne du Maurier
“ I will shed no more tears, like a spoilt child. For whatever happens we have had what we have had. No one can take that from us. And I have been alive, who was never alive before. Daphne du Maurier
“ – if this was being grown up, then she was younger than she had ever been in her life, young with a hope born of inexperience, a glow within her bright as the unseen paradise. Now was the supreme mome… Daphne du Maurier
“ Love was a thing of such simplicity once it was shared, and admitted, and done, with all the joy intensified and all the fever gone Daphne du Maurier
“ You’re a good girl, he said. I’m fond of you, Mary; you’ve got sense, and you’ve got pluck; you’d make a good companion to a man. They ought to have made you a boy. Daphne du Maurier
“ When anyone talked about beauty in that way I knew they were doing it for effect. Perhaps she wanted me to think she was intelligent. She had only to open her mouth to show me she was not. Daphne du Maurier
“ What they had dreamed of, schemed for, accomplished, no longer mattered, it was all forgotten. Daphne du Maurier
“ What a bore! Especially when the day had gone so well. She had no desire to read or listen to records. His taste would be like her father’s, old Peter Cheyneys and John Buchans, he used to read them o… Daphne du Maurier
“ We all of us have our particular devil who ruses us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end. Daphne du Maurier
“ Un mēs izšķiedīsim pēdējos mirkļus, smiedamies par kādu svešinieku, jo mēs jau būsim sveši viens otram. Daphne du Maurier
“ 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
“ This was my picture, and I wanted to become part of it too, to sleep there with the others on the shore, but they would not let me. I had to go away and live my life. I had no business to remain there… Daphne du Maurier
