Dorothy Salisbury Davis Quotes

• History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Way, Stories, Depends

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1984). “Tales for a stormy night: the collected crime stories”, Backcountry Pubns

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• We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Lying, Trying, Telling The Truth

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “A Death in The Life”, p.174, Open Road Media

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• Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Soul, Monkeys, Peanuts

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “A Gentle Murderer”, p.196, Open Road Media

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• I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  World, Today, Stranger

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “Death of an Old Sinner”, p.245, Open Road Media

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• Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Father, Liars, Feelings

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “Where the Dark Streets Go”, p.71, Open Road Media

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• No one who likes a song lacks congeniality.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Song, Likes, Congeniality

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “A Gentleman Called”, p.76, Open Road Media

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• Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Criticism, Alarms, Sound

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• It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Attachment, Wonder, Ireland

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “The Habit of Fear”, p.212, Open Road Media

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• Flattery makes fools of the best of us.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Fool, Flattery

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “A Death in The Life”, p.280, Open Road Media

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• There’s no snobbery like that of the poor toward one another.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Poor, Snobbery, Snobbishness

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “Lullaby of Murder”, p.134, Open Road Media

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• The law is above the law, you know.

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  Law, Above The Law, Knows

  Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “The Little Brothers”, p.89, Open Road Media

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