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Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers

“I'm getting very old and my bones ache. My sins are deserting me, and if I could only have my time over again I'd take care to commit more of them.”

Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers

Book:Busman's Honeymoon

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Busman's Honeymoon

This book follows the story of a hardworking individual who embarks on a honeymoon that becomes a journey of self-discovery and unexpected romance. The narrative delves into the complexities of love and the transformative power of shared experiences, set against the backdrop of a unique honeymoon adventure. more

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers was an English writer renowned for her detective novels. Her works are celebrated for their unique literary style and profound insights into criminal psychology. Sayers' detective novels typically feature the character of Valery West, a female detective, whose stories offer not only suspenseful plots but also delve into moral and philosophical issues. more

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“all conscious thought is a process in time; so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule to measure its own length.”

Thinking Trying Use Time Process Feet Conscious Length

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“There's truth as far as you knows it; and there's truth as far as you're asked for it. But they don't represent the whole truth - not necessarily.”

Knows Whole Truth Whole Truth

Book:Busman's Honeymoon

Source: Busman's Honeymoon

“Never think that wars are irrational catastrophes: they happen when wrong ways of thinking and living bring about intolerable situations ... the root causes of conflict are usually to be found in some wrong way of life in which all parties have acquiesced, and for which everybody must, to some extent, bear the blame.”

Thinking Way War Happens Found Causes Party Situation Bears Conflict Roots Blame Irrational Catastrophe Way Of Thinking Wrong Way Root Cause Causes Of Conflict

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“Every great man has a woman behind him ... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up.”

Men Behinds Fronts Great Men Great Women Tripping

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“you can give it a long name if you like, but I'm an old-fashioned woman and I call it mother-wit, and it's so rare for a man to have it that if he does you write a book about him and call him Sherlock Holmes.”

Ifs Men Giving Writing Long Doe Book Mother Names Wit Old Fashioned Holmes Mother Wit

Book:The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death

Source: The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death

“The first thing that strikes the careless observer is that women are unlike men. They are 'the opposite sex' - (though why 'opposite' I do not know; what is the 'neighbouring sex'?).”

Knows Men Firsts Sex Opposites Strikes Observers Careless

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“How true it is that men live for Things and women for People!”

Book:The Documents in the Case

Source: The Documents in the Case

“It is as dangerous for people unaccustomed to handling words and unacquainted with their technique to tinker about with these heavily-charged nuclei of emotional power as it would be for me to burst into a laboratory and play about with a powerful electromagnet or other machine highly charged with electrical force.”

People Play Would Be Force Powerful Dangerous Emotional Machines Technique Laboratory Electrical Nucleus Emotional Power

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood.”

Mean Work Ought Profound Recognise Livelihood

Book:The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers Vol II: 1937-1943: From Novelist to Playwright

Source: The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers Vol II: 1937-1943: From Novelist to Playwright

“It is ridiculous to take on a man's job just in order to be able to say that 'a woman has done it - yah!' The only decent reason for tackling a job is that it is your job and you want to do it.”

Men Want Reason Done Able Jobs Order Ridiculous Decent Tackling

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers