I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, an that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire." (From Rebecca) Daphne du Maurier More Quotes by Daphne du Maurier More Quotes From Daphne du Maurier Dead men tell no tales, Mary. Daphne du Maurier talesmarymen Life and death do not wait for legal action. Daphne du Maurier life-and-deathwaitingaction A bad workman blames his tools. Daphne du Maurier entrepreneurshipblametools ... and through it all and afterwards they would be together, making their own world where nothing mattered but the things they could give to one another, the loveliness, the silence, and the peace. Daphne du Maurier silencetogethergiving Once a person gave his talent to the world, the world put a stamp upon it. The talent was not a personal possession any more. It was something to be traded, bought and sold. It fetched a high price, or a low one. It was kicked in the common market. Daphne du Maurier talentcommonworld She knew that this was happiness, this was living as she had always wished to live. Daphne du Maurier The urge to climb will never be explained. In olden days, perhaps it was a wish to reach the stars. Today, anyone so minded can buy a seat on a plane and feel himself master of the skies. Even so, he will not have rock under his feet, or air upon his face; nor will he know the silence that comes only on the hills. Daphne du Maurier rocksstarsair People who travel are always fugitives. Daphne du Maurier people ...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all the wit and beauty in the world. Daphne du Maurier husbandmenworld Nothing like a cup of tea to make a person feel better, man or woman. Daphne du Maurier feel-betterteamen Why, he wondered, should he remember her suddenly, on such a day, watching the rain falling on the apple trees? Daphne du Maurier applesrainfall There was never an accident.Rebecca was not drowned at all. I killed her.I shot Rebecca in the cottage in the cove.I carried her body to the cabin, and took the boat out that night and sunk it there, where they found it today.It's Rebecca who's lying dead there on the cabin floor.Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now? Daphne du Maurier eyenightlying He was like someone sleeping who woke suddenly and found the world...all the beauty of it, and the sadness too. The hunger and the thirst. Everything he had never thought about or known was there before him, and magnified into one person who by chance, or fate--call it what you will--happened to be me. Daphne du Maurier fatesadnesssleep The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever. Daphne du Maurier inferiorityfearforever Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now? Daphne du Maurier eyelooks Looking from the window at the fantastic light and colour of my glittering fairy-world of fact that holds no tenderness, no quietude, I long suddenly for peace, for understanding. Daphne du Maurier understandinglightlong How lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content a woman. Daphne du Maurier intuitionmarriagemen We know one another. This is the present. There is no past and no future. Here I am washing my hands, and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass. Daphne du Maurier here-i-amtimepast Here was the freedom I desired, long sought-for, not yet known Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to climb hills, to pull a boat, to be alone. Daphne du Maurier hillswritinglong From the very first, I knew that it would be so...I smiled to myself, and said, "That -- and none other. Daphne du Maurier would-besaidfirsts
