How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks. Dorothy L. Sayers More Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers More Quotes From Dorothy L. Sayers Nothing is more cruel to the young than to tell them that the world is made for youth. Dorothy L. Sayers youthmadeworld [Did you] ever know a sincere emotion to express itself in a subordinate clause? Dorothy L. Sayers clausessincereemotion Of all devils let loose in the world there is no devil like devoted love. Dorothy L. Sayers devoteddevilworld 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. Dorothy L. Sayers feettimethinking No, no, there must be a limit to the baseness even of publishers. Dorothy L. Sayers basenesspublisherslimits He was being about as protective as a can-opener. Dorothy L. Sayers protectivenessprotective Fantasy works inwards upon its author, blurring the boundary between the visioned and the actual, and associating itself ever moreclosely with the Ego, so that the child who has fantasied himself a murderer ends by becoming a Loeb or a Leopold. The creative Imagination works outwards, steadily increasing the gap between the visioned and the actual, till this becomes the great gulf fixed between art and nature. Few writers of crime-stories become murderers--if any do, it is not the result of identifying themselves with their murderous heroes. Dorothy L. Sayers herochildrenart I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of himself, and that you instantly concluded he must be some relation to me. Dorothy L. Sayers nuisancemaderelation What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said. Dorothy L. Sayers dollsgirlpeculiar The worst sin - perhaps the only sin - passion can commit, is to be joyless. Dorothy L. Sayers A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. Dorothy L. Sayers human-beingshebeingworld As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom. Dorothy L. Sayers growfindbedcare
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