“ Laimė nėra koks turtas, kurį galima įkainoti, tai tam tikra minties kokybė, mąstymo būsena. Daphne du Maurier
“ How alive was her writing though, how full of force. Those curious, sloping letters. Daphne du Maurier
“ Fine, I answered. Now what about a drink? I followed him up the corridor once more, across the entrance hall, and on through a swing door at the far end. I heard the light clack-clack of ping-pong bal… Daphne du Maurier
“ But the point is this, monsieur, explained the patron, the reason why madame complains of you, is not because of the immorality in itself; but because, so she tells me, you make immorality delicious. Daphne du Maurier
“ The routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. No crisis can break through the crust of habit. Daphne du Maurier
“ Are you happy?I am content.What is the difference?Between happiness and contentment? Ah, there you have me. It is not easy to put into words. Contentment is a state of mind and body when the two work… Daphne du Maurier
“ Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. Daphne du Maurier
“ You have blotted out the past for me, far more effectively than all the bright lights of Monte Carlo. Daphne du Maurier
“ Whoever lived within its walls, whatever trouble there was and strife, however much uneasiness and pain, no matter what tears were shed, what sorrows borne, the peace of Manderley could not be broken… Daphne du Maurier
“ We were dreamers, both of us, unpractical, reserved, full of great theories never put to test, and like all dreamers, asleep to the waking world. Disliking our fellow men, we craved affection; but shy… Daphne du Maurier
“ We can see the film stars of yesterday in yesterday’s films, hear the voices of poest and singers on a record, keep the plays of dead dramatists upon our bookshelves, but the actor who holds his audie… Daphne du Maurier
“ 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
“ The word lingered in the air once I had uttered it, dancing before me, and because he received it silently, making no comment, the word magnified itself into something heinous and appalling, a forbidd… Daphne du Maurier
“ The trouble is that goodness dies, and lies buried in the earth. Cleverness passes on and becomes degenerate. Daphne du Maurier
“ The door from the kitchen opened, and the smell of Freada’s Chesterfield cigarettes Daphne du Maurier
“ The carriages and the folk who rode in them, gorgeously if sometimes absurdly attired, had made a kind of magic, and given a fairy-tale glitter to the capital. Now it seemed just like any other city, Daphne du Maurier
