Quote by Daphne du Maurier

“I do not like 'But yet,' it does allay The good precedence; fie upon 'But yet'! 'But yet' is as a gaoler to bring…

— William Shakespeare

“Colin mustered a perfunctory leer, but his mind was obviously elsewhere. 'Do you know...' he began. I knew many things, but I didn't think…

— Lauren Willig

“He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.”

— Davis Bunn

“But it was little to Curdie that men who did not know what he was about should not approve of his proceedings.”

— George MacDonald

“He himself was almost never bored, and there was no man with whom it would have been a greater mistake to suppose that silence…

— Henry James

“In his self-serving view of events, Lee believed that he had performed a prodigious feat, rescuing his overmatched army from danger and organizing an…

— Ron Chernow

“Inspector Tinou sat silent. The Greek police department did not welcome interference from other countries in their affairs. Particularly Americans. They are always too-sou,…

— Sidney Sheldon

“Mr. Beaufort: “Then why do you want to know?” Philip: “Because I would never make her say the words.”

— Julianne Donaldson

“His officers saw little of him, and did not love what they saw.”

— C.S. Forester

I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I…

— Terry Pratchett

“Philip stood with the tip of a sword pressed into Mr. Beaufort’s throat. I saw another sword on the floor. Neither gentleman looked toward…

— Julianne Donaldson

“Name, no, nothing is namable, tell, no, nothing can be told, what then, I don't know, I shouldn't have begun.”

— Samuel Beckett