“If ever you get invited into someone's home,' my father said (as he had been invited five or six times that morning), 'you go into the sitting-room and you say, “Oh, what an attractive room!" even if you think it's… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred… — Dick Francis Copy Share
“To be logical you have to dig up and face your own hidden motives and emotions, and of course they're hidden principally because you… — Dick Francis Copy Share
Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them. — Dick Francis Copy Share
“She said several times that Malcolm was a fiend who was determined to destroy his children, and that I was the devil incarnate helping… — Dick Francis Copy Share
“But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You… — Dick Francis Copy Share
Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of… — Dick Francis Copy Share
“Gawd, he thought furiously, he hadn't expected it to be like this. Just a lousy walk down the yard to give a carrot to… — Dick Francis Copy Share
“The bad scorn the good . . . and the crooked despise the straight." ~Greville” — Dick Francis Copy Share
“The house was dark. Upstairs, behind the black open window with the pale curtain flapping in the spartan air, slept Arthur Morrison, trainer of… — Dick Francis Copy Share
“He gave me a last dark look, not admitting defeat,not giving an inch .I watched him with unexpected regret. Watched him until the consciousness… — Dick Francis Copy Share
“Mrs Palissey and I tended to have the same conversations over and over and slightly too often. ” — Dick Francis Copy Share
Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time… — Dick Francis Copy Share
