She had to live in this bright, red gabled house with the nurse until it was time for her to die... I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people. Children we understand, their fears and hopes and make-believe.
Daphne du Maurier(...) houve um excesso de melodrama na minha vida, e daria tudo para conservar a paz e a tranquilidade conquistadas. A Felicidade não é uma coisa concreta – é uma qualidade do pensamento, um estado de espírito. Claro que temos os nossos momentos de depressão; mas outros momentos há, também, em que o tempo não é medido pelo relógio e se prolonga pela eternidade. Então, vendo-o sorrir para mim, sei que estamos juntos, que marchamos lado a lado, sem divergências de alma. (...)
Daphne du MaurierThere is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance.
Daphne du MaurierWhy this man should love that woman, what queer chemical mix-up in our blood draws us to one another, who can tell?
Daphne du Maurier…you guessed that somewhere, in heaven knew what country and what guise, there was someone who was part of your body and your brain, and that without him you were lost, a straw blown by the wind.
Daphne du MaurierHow pleasant,' Dona said, peeling her fruit; 'the rest of us can only run away from time to time, and however much we pretend to be free, we know it is only for a little while - our hands and our feet are tied.
Daphne du Maurierhow 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 MaurierThe road to Manderley lay ahead. There was no moon. The sky above our heads was inky black. But the sky on the horizon was not dark at all. It was shot with crimson, like a splash of blood. And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea.
Daphne du MaurierTags: road house sea sky wind blood ashes rebecca
Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear
Daphne du MaurierI believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, and that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire.
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