But to Lord Peter the world presented itself as an entertaining labyrinth of side-issues — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice.” — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
She reflected she must be completely besotted about Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
She reflected she must be completely besotted with Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“His [Lord Peter's] long, amiable face looked as if it had generated spontaneously from his top hat, as white maggots breed from… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I have the most ill-regulated memory. It does those things which it ought not to do and leaves undone the things it… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do" "Except to… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“One of these days you’ll go too far, and somebody will murder you.' 'I shouldn’t be in the least surprised,' said Lord… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“But -- my dear, my heart is BROKEN! I have seen the perfect Peter Wimsey. Height, voice, charm, smile, manner, outline of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“And you, Mary, if you must run off to London, why do it in that unfinished manner, so that I was left… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“The banks of the Thirty-Foot held, but the swollen Wale, receiving the full force of the Upper Waters and the spring tide,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
It's disquieting to reflect that one's dreams never symbolize one's real wishes, but always something Much Worse... If I really wanted to… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Lord Peter Wimsey: Facts, Bunter, must have facts. When I was a small boy, I always hated facts. Thought they were nasty,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“It’s quite all right,” he said apologetically, “I haven’t come to sell you soap or gramophones, or to borrow money, or enrol… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Lord Peter's library was one of the most delightful bachelor rooms in London. Its scheme was black and primrose; its walls were… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“The bells gave tongue: Gaude, Sabaoth, John, Jericho, Jubilee, Dimity, Batty Thomas and Tailor Paul, rioting and exulting high up in the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
“ Peter! Were you looking for a horse-shoe?" "No; I was expecting the horse, but the shoe is a piece of pure, gorgeous luck."… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
“See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ...… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
“By teaching them all to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
Perhaps [the critics are right and] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
“That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood had changed since the early… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
“To obey orders in this family has been my privilege for the last twenty years--a privilege which has been an unqualified pleasure, except perhaps… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
“Yes, and look at the corpses. Place always reminds me of that old thing in Punch, you know—‘Waiter, take away Lord Whatsisname, he’s been… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share
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