But to Lord Peter the world presented itself as an entertaining labyrinth of side-issues — 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
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
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
“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
“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
“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 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 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
“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
“Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice.” — 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
“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 Image
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 Image
“ 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
![“His [Lord Peter's] long, amiable face looked as if it had generated spontaneously from his top hat, as white maggots breed from Gorgonzola.” quote by Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cd2/dorothy-l-sayers-738_description_his-lord-peter-s-long-amiable-face-looke_2834800.jpg)
![“See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort.” quote by Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c74/dorothy-l-sayers-738_academia_see-that-the-mind-is-honest-first-the-re_16293.jpg)
![“Perhaps [the critics are right and] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and entertaining to consider that at least once in the world's history those words might have been said with complete conviction, and that was on the eve of the Resurrection.” quote by Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/467/dorothy-l-sayers-738_buried_perhaps-the-critics-are-right-and-the-dr_43252.jpg)
