"It was one of the occasions when Lymond……" — Dorothy Dunnett
"It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake."
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Dorothy Dunnett
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29 Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett has 29 quotes on this site.
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Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good…
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But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in…
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And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination.…
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Music, the knife without a hilt,
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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…
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After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of…
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Only common mortals like the Somervilles have good old rotten hates, dear,' said her mother. 'Sir Graham manages to love…
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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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Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.
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[Robin Stewart] was your man. True for you, you had withdrawn the crutch from his sight, but still it should…
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I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.
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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…
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More Asleep Quotes
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To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
— David Bailey
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
— George Best
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O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful…
— Anne Boleyn
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I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.
— Anthony Bourdain
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved by thee.
— Robert Browning
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Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on…
— Sholom Aleichem
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Great performers are preparing and practicing for a winning day while everyone else is still asleep.
— Robin Sharma
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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk…
— Rodney Dangerfield
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And if I do fall asleep, Marla has to keep track of Tyler. Where he goes. What he does. So…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Sometimes I sit up late with my thoughts, reluctant to fall asleep and leave my thoughts alone by themselves.
— Robert Breault
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I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any…
— Agnes de Mille
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