A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it. Dick Francis More Quotes by Dick Francis More Quotes From Dick Francis How could people, I wondered for the ten thousandth useless time, how could people who had loved so dearly come to such a wilderness; and yet the change in us was irreversible, and neither of us would even search for a way back. It was impossible. The fire was out. Only a few live coals lurked in the ashes, searing unexpectedly at the incautious touch. Dick Francis ashesfirepeople But people as a rule believe only what they want to believe, and if you tell them anything else they'll call you a trouble-maker and get rid of you and never give you your job back, even if what you said is proved spot on right by time. Dick Francis jobsbelievepeople The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin. Dick Francis tissue-papertissuesmen I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child. Dick Francis backchildknowpeople
