Daphne du Maurier - Life Quotes

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Jem was safe from her, and he would ride away with a song on his lips and a laugh at her expense, forgetful of her, and of his brother, and of God; while she dragged through the years, sullen and bitter, the stain of silence marking her, coming in the end to ridicule as a soured spinster who had been kissed once in her life and could not forget it.

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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.

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There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance.

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A character or an idea has to grow like a seed and take possession…it's something to do with one's own development and passage through life.

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Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations.

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Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone.

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The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.

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The routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. No crisis can break through the crust of habit.

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How simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten.

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