Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers Download Open image ““feeling suddenly embarrassed and looking, in consequence, defiant.”” — Dorothy L. Sayers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“So this is what a command is. Staring consequences in the eye and pretending not to flinch.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“i felt ashamed. i stared down at the ground and stood very still and very quietly.” — Ellen Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I see embarrassment among all of you. That's good. The thing about being embarrassed is that sooner or later you aren't, but you remember… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Things aren’t often what they appear to be at first blush. But embarrassment is.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“When you are embarrassed, do as you think best, and you will do very well. When you are in a difficulty, judge for yourself.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Even now it comes as a shock if by chance I notice in the street a face resembling someone I know however slightly, and… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I felt shocked and then saddened. life does this to you sometimes - leads you up a path and then drops you in the… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“ Peter! Were you looking for a horse-shoe?" "No; I was expecting the horse, but the shoe is a piece of pure, gorgeous luck."… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ...… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“By teaching them all to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Perhaps [the critics are right and] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood had changed since the early… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
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