« All Said Lymond Quotes
·
Dorothy Dunnett's Page
Said Lymond Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett
3 Said Lymond quotes by Dorothy Dunnett
-
The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are…
-
Did I ever tell you,’ said Lymond pausing on the afterthought, on his way to the flap, ‘that that aunt of mine once hatched an…
-
Today,’ said Lymond, ‘if you must know, I don’t like living at all. But that’s just immaturity boggling at the sad face of failure. Tomorrow…
More Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting…
-
But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.
-
And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the…
-
Music, the knife without a hilt,
-
But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for…
-
After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem…
-
Only common mortals like the Somervilles have good old rotten hates, dear,' said her mother. 'Sir Graham manages to love everybody and…
-
Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.
-
Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.
-
[Robin Stewart] was your man. True for you, you had withdrawn the crutch from his sight, but still it should have been…
-
I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.
-
The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian…
See all 29 quotes by Dorothy Dunnett »
More Said Lymond Quotes
Popular Said Lymond quotes from across the collection:
-
The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian…
— Dorothy Dunnett
-
Did I ever tell you,’ said Lymond pausing on the afterthought, on his way to the flap, ‘that that aunt of mine…
— Dorothy Dunnett
-
Today,’ said Lymond, ‘if you must know, I don’t like living at all. But that’s just immaturity boggling at the sad face…
— Dorothy Dunnett
See all Said Lymond Quotes »
Browse Dorothy Dunnett Quotes by Category