Dorothy Leigh Sayers: Frasi in inglese
“Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal.”
Origine: Gaudy Night
“How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.”
Origine: Gaudy Night
Origine: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
Origine: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
The Unpleasantness at The Bellona Club (1928)
Origine: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
“What are you to do with the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains?”
Origine: Gaudy Night
“Even idiots ocasionally speak the truth accidentally.”
Origine: Whose Body?
Origine: The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
“Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be.”
Origine: Five Red Herrings
“We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world.”
Origine: Busman's Honeymoon
Origine: The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
“We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.”
Origine: Gaudy Night
Origine: The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
Origine: Catholic Tales and Christian Songs
“He was being about as protective as a can-opener.”
Origine: Gaudy Night