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Dorothy Dunnett Quotes

Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past? Picture Quote #1

My dear boy, in Ireland the midwife uses one hand to hold the baby’s best fighting arm from the font water, and grips its jaws with the other lest the goes to litigation about it. Says O’LiamRoe Picture Quote #1

Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him Picture Quote #1

Fools make news, and wise men carry it Picture Quote #1

Where are the links of the chain... joining us to the past? Picture Quote #1

Music, the knife without a hilt Picture Quote #1

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Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort Picture Quote #1

This is habitual. Mother flutters her wings, and every institution within sight tumbles flat Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My son took many years to learn the simple truth. You cannot love any one person adequately until you have made friends with the rest of the human race also. Adult love demands qualities which cannot be learned living in a vacuum of resentment Picture Quote #1

Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that Picture Quote #1

I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with Picture Quote #1

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Though whether the mass murder of strangers for one's principles ranks higher in virtue than attacking one's neighbours for the hell of it is a point I'm glad I don't have to settle Picture Quote #1

I hope the string and clapper arrangement he calls a mind has been permanently put out of action Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Rimed and sparkling with sugar, the wrestler lay like some child's flaccid sweetmeat in death, and the dogs licked his eyelids Picture Quote #1

Well. On which aspect of our ill advised doings are we about to lecture each other? I have very little to say. As I recall, I exhausted the matter on several other occasions Picture Quote #1

I could see you drop dead this minute from paralysis of the brain cells and burst into uninhibited applause Picture Quote #1

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Talk to me, Richard. It isn't difficult. Move the teeth and agitate the tongue. Tell me news of the family. Am I superseded yet? Oh, Richard, a blush! Picture Quote #1

A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom Picture Quote #1

But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands Picture Quote #1

Happiness, that most childish of states, is infectious. Furthermore, in its innocence, it will not be hidden, even when tempered with sorrow Picture Quote #1

nobility on earth may be earned by the sword, but nobility of the soul must be sought in stony ways and through hard endeavor. I have to tell you to rejoice that you have been chosen Picture Quote #1

And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative, of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after - bane of death Picture Quote #1

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Haven't I been worth five years' excellent gossip to you? Are you not all waiting agog to see me seize my sister - in - law by the hair? When I think of it, damn it, I'm a public benefactor Picture Quote #1

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here Picture Quote #1

After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists Picture Quote #1

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life Picture Quote #1

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Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past? (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) My dear boy, in Ireland the midwife uses one hand to hold the baby’s best fighting arm from the font water, and grips its jaws with the other lest the goes to litigation about it. Says O’LiamRoe (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Fools make news, and wise men carry it (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Where are the links of the chain... joining us to the past? (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Music, the knife without a hilt (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) This is habitual. Mother flutters her wings, and every institution within sight tumbles flat (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 (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) My son took many years to learn the simple truth. You cannot love any one person adequately until you have made friends with the rest of the human race also. Adult love demands qualities which cannot be learned living in a vacuum of resentment (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Though whether the mass murder of strangers for one's principles ranks higher in virtue than attacking one's neighbours for the hell of it is a point I'm glad I don't have to settle (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) I hope the string and clapper arrangement he calls a mind has been permanently put out of action (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 (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 (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Well. On which aspect of our ill advised doings are we about to lecture each other? I have very little to say. As I recall, I exhausted the matter on several other occasions (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) I could see you drop dead this minute from paralysis of the brain cells and burst into uninhibited applause (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Talk to me, Richard. It isn't difficult. Move the teeth and agitate the tongue. Tell me news of the family. Am I superseded yet? Oh, Richard, a blush! (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 (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Happiness, that most childish of states, is infectious. Furthermore, in its innocence, it will not be hidden, even when tempered with sorrow (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) nobility on earth may be earned by the sword, but nobility of the soul must be sought in stony ways and through hard endeavor. I have to tell you to rejoice that you have been chosen (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative, of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after - bane of death (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) Haven't I been worth five years' excellent gossip to you? Are you not all waiting agog to see me seize my sister - in - law by the hair? When I think of it, damn it, I'm a public benefactor (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes) You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life (Dorothy Dunnett Quotes)