Daphne du Maurier Quotes

What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at the end of the book? I don't really know, but I rather think he was going to be paralysed for life. Don't you?

Daphne du Maurier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 13, 1907 - April 19, 1989

Topics

LifeHeroBookThinkEndYou

Being a member of the Nintendo generation, I've got a really short attention span.

Jesse Kellerman

GenerationShortAttentionBeingGot

Often, entertainment goes deeper, in terms of ideas, than the newspapers.

Joel Grey

IdeasEntertainmentThanGoesDeeper

I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.

Jennifer Grey

ThreeThingsSurgeryOffFourList

As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to.

Andres Serrano

TodayChurchChristianSomeoneRight

I don't think I could ever have a desk job, so I get to be mobile. I'm on set. I get to walk around kind of doing my own thing, being independent - it's just a really good vibe. Everyone on a film set is very happy, and they all love their jobs, so it's a cool environment to be a part of.

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

LoveGoodWalkJobHappyCool

I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down, but mainly because I don't have an intuitive feeling for equations.

Stephen Hawking

MyselfMeCareFeelingDownWrite

When people feel a certain religion claims to have all the answers, that's what turns them off.

Matisyahu

ReligionPeopleFeelAnswersOff

More than 90 percent of criminal cases are never tried before a jury. Most people charged with crimes forfeit their constitutional rights and plead guilty.

Michelle Alexander

PeopleGuiltyMoreNeverJuryTried

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

Joyce Grenfell

HopeSorryLookBackStrangeGet

We are way overstepping bounds as federal legislators.

Joni Ernst

WayBoundsLegislatorsFederal

Everything is different - except for publishing itself: getting hold of an amazing author, working to make his or her book the best and best-looking it can be, telling the world.

Jonathan Galassi

BestAmazingWorldBookEverything

I've been utterly and completely castigated from time to time.

Diana Rigg

TimeBeenUtterlyFrom Time To Time

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