Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes - Page 10

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• The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Running, Writing, Hype

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• Well, it seems like a miracle to be able to look forward-to-to see all the minutes in front of one come hopping along with something marvellous in them, instead of just[Pg 295] saying, Well, that one didn't actually hurt and the next may be quite bearable if only something beastly doesn't come pouncing out--

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Hurt, Miracle, Looks

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• make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Mistake, Expression, Stories

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• ... to mention honor was to suggest its opposite.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Opposites, Honor

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.245, Open Road Media

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• all conscious thought is a process in time; so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule to measure its own length.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Time, Thinking, Feet

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