The writer Daphne du Maurier was born this date in 1907. Here are some quotes by her:
- Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.
- Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
- When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.
- Luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.
- We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.
- There is no going back in life, no return, no second chance. I cannot call back the spoken word or the accomplished deed.
- We've got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world.
- And he went on eating his marmalade as though everything were natural.
- I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people.
- You had to endure something yourself before it touched you.
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