She reflected she must be completely besotted with Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra. — 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
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
But to Lord Peter the world presented itself as an entertaining labyrinth of side-issues — 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 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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“Harriet said, "You shouldn't have reminded me to sign that book, Peter." "Why ever not? Have you suddenly become bashful about your… — Jill Paton Walsh 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
“Bunter came with me in the role of a friend. A role he has always played to perfection." "It does not require… — Jill Paton Walsh 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
“Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice.” — 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 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
“The Lord has made us to be creative, and the sense of achievement will help to lift our spirits.” — Shirley Corder Copy Share Image
