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Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands."

But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death."

And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.




Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists."

After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with."

I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.




Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues."

Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here."

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?"

Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?




Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure—if he survives the experience."

He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure—if he survives the experience.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?"

So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "It seems to me,’ said Philippa prosaically, ‘that on the whole we run more risks with Mr Crawford’s protection than without it."

It seems to me,’ said Philippa prosaically, ‘that on the whole we run more risks with Mr Crawford’s protection than without it.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort."

Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "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 I’ll be bright as a bedbug again."

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 I’ll be bright as a bedbug again.




Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that."

Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree."

Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Depose him,’ said Will Scott, astonished. ‘The Grand Master’s holy office terminates with his life.’ ‘And can nobody think of an answer to that?’ said Will Scott."

Depose him,’ said Will Scott, astonished. ‘The Grand Master’s holy office terminates with his life.’ ‘And can nobody think of an answer to that?’ said Will Scott.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake."

It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom."

A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "And the English army, wheeling, started south at a gallop over the hill pass into Ettrick, followed by twenty men and eight hundred sheep in steel helmets."

And the English army, wheeling, started south at a gallop over the hill pass into Ettrick, followed by twenty men and eight hundred sheep in steel helmets.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Repressively, Lymond himself answered. “I dislike being discussed as if I were a disease. Nobody ‘got’ me,” he said."

Repressively, Lymond himself answered. “I dislike being discussed as if I were a disease. Nobody ‘got’ me,” he said.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Fools make news, and wise men carry it."

Fools make news, and wise men carry it.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Music, the knife without a hilt."

Music, the knife without a hilt.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine."

If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "I wish to God,” said Gideon with mild exasperation, “that you’d talk—just once—in prose like other people."

I wish to God,” said Gideon with mild exasperation, “that you’d talk—just once—in prose like other people.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "My dear boy, in Ireland the midwife uses one hand to hold the baby's best fighting arm from the font water, and grips its jaws with the other lest the goes to litigation about it. Says O'LiamRoe"

My dear boy, in Ireland the midwife uses one hand to hold the baby's best fighting arm from the font water, and grips its jaws with the other lest the goes to litigation about it. Says O'LiamRoe



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "You might, without my crediting it, fall deeply in love and forever, with some warped hunchback whelped in the gutter. I should equally stop you from taking him."

You might, without my crediting it, fall deeply in love and forever, with some warped hunchback whelped in the gutter. I should equally stop you from taking him.



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "Words is but wind but dunts is the devil"

Words is but wind but dunts is the devil



Dorothy Dunnett Quotes: "And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative, of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death."

And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative, of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.