Home / Quotes / Quote by Daphne du Maurier

Quote by Daphne du Maurier

“here was a silence between them for a moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a longing to throw modesty and reserve to the winds and confess everything, and an equal determination to conceal the love forever, to be cool, aloof, utterly detached, to die rather than admit a thing so personal, so intimate.”

Author

Daphne du Maurier

British author known for her suspense novels and romantic stories. Daphne du Maurier's works are characterized by their mysterious and supernatural elements, with her most famous novels being 'Rebecca' and 'The Turn of the Screw'. Her writing style has had a profound impact on literature. more

“Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Millions Willing Size Devotion Breakthrough Dots Blueprints Diagrams

Author:Shane Koyczan

“You cannot miss what you have never had.”

Missing Eldest

Author:Christopher Paolini

“I'm finished with something, but I'm not beginning anything. That's wrong. When you finish something, you ought always to begin something new.”

Ought Finished Something New

Author:Maud Hart Lovelace

“If you take Darwin's theory and extend it to its logical end, it can be used to justify a number of very horrendous things.”

Ifs Ends Used Numbers Theory Justify Logical

Author:Kirk Cameron

“I leave, and the leaving is so exhilarating I know I can never go back. But then what? Do I just keep leaving places, and leaving them, and leaving them, tramping a perpetual journey?”

Knows I Can Journey Towns Leaving Perpetual Exhilarating

Book:Paper Towns

Source: Paper Towns

“What some now call 'emerging Christianity' or 'the emerging church' is not something you join, establish, or invent. You just name it and then you see it everywhere- already in place! Such nongroup groups, the 'two or three' gathered in deep truth, create a whole new level of affiliation, dialogue, and friendship.”

Two Whole Three Names Church Levels Christianity Groups Dialogue Emerging Affiliation

Book:AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Source: AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

“Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places.”

Home Dancing Winter Twilight Purple Snowy

Book:L. M. MONTGOMERY – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & Autobiography (Including Anne Shirley Novels, Chronicles of Avonlea & The Story Girl Series): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, The Golden Road, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Watchman, Songs of the Sea & many more

Source: L. M. MONTGOMERY – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & Autobiography (Including Anne Shirley Novels, Chronicles of Avonlea & The Story Girl Series): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, The Golden Road, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Watchman, Songs of the Sea & many more

“You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.”

Turns Speak Moral Morality Foundation

Author:Albert Einstein

“Good night, belovedest. Your sleep will be sweet if there is any influences in the wishes of your own.”

Ifs Night Wish Sleep Influence Sweet Good Night

Book:The Anne of Green Gables Chronicles (Annotated Edition)

Source: The Anne of Green Gables Chronicles (Annotated Edition)

Quote by Daphne du Maurier

Author

You May Also Like