Mother Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett

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Dorothy Dunnett’s eight lines on motherhood distill her perspective into a handful of memorable observations. This short set is perfect for anyone who wants a quick, thoughtful snapshot of how she frames the bond between mother and child.

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But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for…

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Only common mortals like the Somervilles have good old rotten hates, dear,' said her mother. 'Sir Graham manages to love everybody and…

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“It won’t be long,’ said Philippa cheerfully, her mother’s ring in her voice. ‘You know what Bess says. There’s nothing in this…

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“Whatever fascination Lymond held for her mother, it had no power at five in the morning.”

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“This is habitual. Mother flutters her wings, and every institution within sight tumbles flat.”

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“Lymond said softly, ‘That is the only thing you may not say to me. . . . Kate, superb Kate: I will…

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My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess,…

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The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian…

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“Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?”

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“I don't like this war. I don't like the cold-blooded scheming at the beginning and the carnage at the end and the grumbling and…

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“It is not easy for Brehons to decide concerning bees that have taken up their lodging in the trees of a noble dignitary; with…

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“Go away and bleed to death,’ said his onetime saviour sharply. ‘On behalf of the female sex I feel I may cheer every lesion.”

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Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.

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“What do you hope for that you haven’t got? What can that child give you?’ There was a little silence. ‘A virgin audience for…

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Did I ever tell you,’ said Lymond pausing on the afterthought, on his way to the flap, ‘that that aunt of mine once hatched…

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“Which reminds me -' 'The new ladies have arrived,' said Adam grimly. 'Guaranteed of clean stock, and inured to Russian practices. Osep has announced…

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