Daphne du Maurier Quotes About Silence

Quotes about: Silence

• ... and through it all and afterwards they would be together, making their own world where nothing mattered but the things they could give to one another, the loveliness, the silence, and the peace.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Giving, Silence, Together

  Daphne Du Maurier (1941). “Frenchman's creek”, Doubleday Book & Music Clubs

• here was a silence between them for a moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a longing to throw modesty and reserve to the winds and confess everything, and an equal determination to conceal the love forever, to be cool, aloof, utterly detached, to die rather than admit a thing so personal, so intimate.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Determination, Wind, Two

• Jem was safe from her, and he would ride away with a song on his lips and a laugh at her expense, forgetful of her, and of his brother, and of God; while she dragged through the years, sullen and bitter, the stain of silence marking her, coming in the end to ridicule as a soured spinster who had been kissed once in her life and could not forget it.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Song, Brother, Years

  Daphne du Maurier (1936). “JAMAICA INN”

• The urge to climb will never be explained. In olden days, perhaps it was a wish to reach the stars. Today, anyone so minded can buy a seat on a plane and feel himself master of the skies. Even so, he will not have rock under his feet, or air upon his face; nor will he know the silence that comes only on the hills.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Stars, Rocks, Air

  Daphne Du Maurier (2012). “Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 1: Frenchman's Creek; The Birds & Other Stories; Hungry Hill”, p.243, Hachette UK

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