"Oh, well. Everyone else has suave, cosmopolitan sheep:……" — Dorothy Dunnett
"Oh, well. Everyone else has suave, cosmopolitan sheep: why not us? The Millers at Hepple have a ewe that’s been to Kelso three times, and they’ve never been farther than Ford in their lives.” Kate peered absently into the farm pond, and clucked again. “Thoughtless creatures. They’ve forgotten the fish."
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Dorothy Dunnett
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29 Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett
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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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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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I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.
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