Authors — Quotes

Daphne du Maurier Quotes: 9

But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.
Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.
Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.
If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.
Rebecca
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Rebecca
I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.
Rebecca
I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth.
Rebecca
Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me." "Do you mean you want a secretary or something?" "No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
Rebecca
Living as we do in an age of noise and bluster, success is now measured accordingly. We must all be seen, and heard, and on the air.
The "Rebecca"Notebook: And Other Memories