--- title: "10 Time Quotes By Dorothy Dunnett" description: "10 Time quotes by Dorothy Dunnett. Plus more from Dorothy Dunnett and more Time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/dorothy-dunnett-1876_chain_where-are-the-links-of-the-chain-joining_48315.jpg" --- > [“Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/where-are-the-links-of-the-chain-joining-us-to-the-past/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/dorothy-dunnett-1876_chain_where-are-the-links-of-the-chain-joining_48315.jpg) > [“A Scott, having got his bride pregnant, was apt to file her as completed business for eight months at a time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/a-scott-having-got-his-bride-pregnant-was-apt-to-file-her-as/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/dorothy-dunnett-1876_business_a-scott-having-got-his-bride-pregnant-wa_620698.jpg) > [“If you can repress for a moment your spinster-like longing to meddle in my affairs,’ said Lymond cuttingly, from the door, ‘I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/if-you-can-repress-for-a-moment-your-spinster-like-longing-to-meddle/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/dorothy-dunnett-1876_longing_if-you-can-repress-for-a-moment-your-spi_2265076.jpg) > [“I’ve heard the Prior here talk about Gabriel,’ said Richard serenely. ‘He seemed at times to be confusing him with the Pope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/i-ve-heard-the-prior-here-talk-about-gabriel-said-richard-serenely-he/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/dorothy-dunnett-1876_time_i-ve-heard-the-prior-here-talk-about-gab_1928385.jpg) > [“Oh, ye’ve a temper,’ said Archie consideringly. ‘And ye had a rare old time losing it, and ye were like enough justified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/oh-ye-ve-a-temper-said-archie-consideringly-and-ye-had-a-rare-old/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/dorothy-dunnett-1876_old-time_oh-ye-ve-a-temper-said-archie-considerin_908382.jpg) > [“Will Scott grinned. Grizel Beaton had slapped his face four times, and apart from these four small misjudgements, they had never touched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/will-scott-grinned-grizel-beaton-had-slapped-his-face-four-times-and/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/dorothy-dunnett-1876_time_will-scott-grinned-grizel-beaton-had-sla_1425518.jpg) > [“Jerott, for God’s sake! Are you doing this for a wager?’ said Lymond, his patience gone at last. ‘What does anyone want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/jerott-for-god-s-sake-are-you-doing-this-for-a-wager-said-lymond-his/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/dorothy-dunnett-1876_books_jerott-for-god-s-sake-are-you-doing-this_2446629.jpg) > [“You have only to lift your hand,' Thorkel Fostri said. And after a moment, 'What else were you born for?' 'Why not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/you-have-only-to-lift-your-hand-thorkel-fostri-said-and-after-a/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/dorothy-dunnett-1876_time_you-have-only-to-lift-your-hand-thorkel_595411.jpg) > [“This time, after a moment, he called her bluff. “Perhaps Philippa and I should be thrown together a little more. She might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/this-time-after-a-moment-he-called-her-bluff-perhaps-philippa-and-i/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/dorothy-dunnett-1876_time_this-time-after-a-moment-he-called-her-b_2965990.jpg) > [“When you ran that roof race with me you started with one stocking marked, a loose row of bullion on your hoqueton,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/when-you-ran-that-roof-race-with-me-you-started-with-one-stocking/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/dorothy-dunnett-1876_three-times_when-you-ran-that-roof-race-with-me-you_3188729.jpg) ## Other authors on Time - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 1,532 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 437 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 398 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 355 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/frederick-lenz/) - [Jarod Kintz 339 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 308 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/haruki-murakami/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 302 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 291 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 272 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 263 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 257 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Dorothy Dunnett > [“I echo like a mynah, that’s why.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/i-echo-like-a-mynah-that-s-why/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“Haven't I been worth five years' excellent gossip to you? Are you not all waiting agog to see me seize my sister-in-law by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/haven-t-i-been-worth-five-years-excellent-gossip-to-you-are-you-not/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/where-are-the-links-of-the-chain-joining-us-to-the-past/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“Standing safely on the opposite bank with her dry maid, her dry escort, and a company of streaming horsemen, Philippa said scathingly, ‘That’s men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/standing-safely-on-the-opposite-bank-with-her-dry-maid-her-dry-escort/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“It wasna a man,’ said Andrew Kerr broadly. ‘T’was my aunty. I tellt ye. I’m no risking cauld steel in ma wame for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/it-wasna-a-man-said-andrew-kerr-broadly-t-was-my-aunty-i-tellt-ye-i-m/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/i-don-t-like-this-war-i-don-t-like-the-cold-blooded-scheming-at-the/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“It is not easy for Brehons to decide concerning bees that have taken up their lodging in the trees of a noble dignitary; with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/it-is-not-easy-for-brehons-to-decide-concerning-bees-that-have-taken/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“Go away and bleed to death,’ said his onetime saviour sharply. ‘On behalf of the female sex I feel I may cheer every lesion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/go-away-and-bleed-to-death-said-his-onetime-saviour-sharply-on-behalf/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/lack-of-genius-never-held-anyone-back-only-time-wasted-on-resentment/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/what-do-you-hope-for-that-you-haven-t-got-what-can-that-child-give/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [Did I ever tell you,’ said Lymond pausing on the afterthought, on his way to the flap, ‘that that aunt of mine once hatched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/did-i-ever-tell-you-said-lymond-pausing-on-the-afterthought-on-his/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“Which reminds me -' 'The new ladies have arrived,' said Adam grimly. 'Guaranteed of clean stock, and inured to Russian practices. Osep has announced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/which-reminds-me-the-new-ladies-have-arrived-said-adam-grimly/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“So: ‘Why did you laugh?’ demanded Philippa, and shook Jerott’s hand off her arm. ‘Oh, that?’ said Lymond. ‘But, my dear child, the picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/so-why-did-you-laugh-demanded-philippa-and-shook-jerott-s-hand-off/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [It seems to me,’ said Philippa prosaically, ‘that on the whole we run more risks with Mr Crawford’s protection than without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/it-seems-to-me-said-philippa-prosaically-that-on-the-whole-we-run/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) > [“Gabriel,’ said Jerott firmly, ‘is now at Birgu, Malta, engaged in a life-and-death struggle for the Grand Mastership of the Order of St John.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/gabriel-said-jerott-firmly-is-now-at-birgu-malta-engaged-in-a-life/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/dorothy-dunnett/#itemlist", "name": "10 Time Quotes By Dorothy Dunnett", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Dunnett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/where-are-the-links-of-the-chain-joining-us-to-the-past/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/dorothy-dunnett-1876_chain_where-are-the-links-of-the-chain-joining_48315.jpg", "contentUrl": 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Are you doing this for a wager?’ said Lymond, his patience gone at last. ‘What does…” — Dorothy Dunnett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You have only to lift your hand,' Thorkel Fostri said. And after a moment, 'What else were you born for?' 'Why not happiness, like other men?\" Thorfinn said. 'You have that,' said his foster-father. 'But if you try to trap it, it will change. Why do you resist? It is your right.' 'I resist because it is no use resisting,' Thorfinn said. 'Do you not think that is unfair? 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It gets on the nerves.” “It does if you handle it by rattling back.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Dunnett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/this-time-after-a-moment-he-called-her-bluff-perhaps-philippa-and-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/dorothy-dunnett-1876_time_this-time-after-a-moment-he-called-her-b_2965990.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/dorothy-dunnett-1876_time_this-time-after-a-moment-he-called-her-b_2965990.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/dorothy-dunnett-1876_time_this-time-after-a-moment-he-called-her-b_2965990.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This time, after a moment, he called her bluff. “Perhaps Philippa and I should be thrown together a little…” — Dorothy Dunnett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When you ran that roof race with me you started with one stocking marked, a loose row of bullion on your hoqueton, and your hair needing a cut. Your manners, social and personal, derive directly from the bakehouse; your living quarters, any time I have seen them, have been untidy and ill-cleaned. In the swordplay just now you cut consistently to the left, a habit so remarkable that you must have been warned time and again; and you cannot parry a coup de Jarnac. I tried you with the same feint for it three times tonight… These are professional matters, Robin. To succeed as you want, you have to be precise; you have to have polish; you have to carry polish and precision in everything you do. You have no time to sigh over seigneuries and begrudge other people their gifts. Lack of genius never held anyone back,' said Lymond. 'Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that. 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