“ He laughed and shook his head. I think you’re incorrigible. Good God, I hope so. Otherwise why live? Daphne du Maurier
“ There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair Daphne du Maurier
“ It seemed to Lady Althea, as she stood there above the steps, that all the people pressing forward were staring, not at the Dome of Rock, but at her alone, and were nudging on another, whispering, smi… Daphne du Maurier
“ If you think I'm one of those people who try to be funny at breakfast you're wrong. Daphne du Maurier
“ 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
“ He looked down at me without recognition, and I realized with a little stab of anxiety that he must have forgotten all about me, perhaps for some considerable time, and that he himself was so lost in… Daphne du Maurier
“ How lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content a woman... Daphne du Maurier
“ Why did dogs make one want to cry? There was something so quiet and hopeless about their sympathy. Jasper, knowing something was wrong, as dogs always do. Trunks being packed. Cars being brought to th… Daphne du Maurier
“ She realized for the first time that aversion and attraction ran side by side; that the boundary-line was thin between them. Daphne du Maurier
“ Maxim's voice, clear and strong, Will someone take my wife outside?She is going to faint. Daphne du Maurier
“ Death was an executioner, lopping a flower before it bloomed. The sky had glories enough, but not the soil. Daphne du Maurier
“ A new day was starting, the things of the garden were not concerned with our troubles. A blackbird ran across the rose-garden to the lawns in swift, short rushes, stopping now and again to stab at the… Daphne du Maurier
