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Daphne du Maurier Quotes

Total quotes: 6
“Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?”
— Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Tagged: Horror Stories, Afterlife, Death
“I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
— Daphne du Maurier, The Rendezvous and Other Stories
Tagged: little things, book, Solitude, Understanding
“The feel of her own pillow, and of her own blankets reassured her. Both were familiar. And being tired was familiar too, it was a solid bodily ache.”
— Daphne du Maurier, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories
Tagged: Tired, Sleep, Reassuring
“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone. How commonplace and stupid it would be if I had a friend now, sitting beside me, someone I had known at school, who would say: ‘By-the-way, I saw old Hilda the other day. You remember her, the one who was so good at tennis. She’s married, with two children.’ And the bluebells beside us unnoticed, and the pigeons overhead unheard. I did not want anyone with me. Not even Maxim. If Maxim had been there I should not be lying as I was now, chewing a piece of grass, my eyes shut. I should have been watching him, watching his eyes, his expression. Wondering if he liked it, if he was bored. Wondering what he was thinking. Now I could relax, none of these things mattered. Maxim was in London. How lovely it was to be alone again.”
— Daphne du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Tagged: Alone, little things, Boredom, Solitude, relax
“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone. How commonplace and stupid it would be if I had a friend now, sitting beside me, someone I had known at school, who would say: ‘By-the-way, I saw old Hilda the other day. You remember her, the one who was so good at tennis. She’s married, with two children.’ And the bluebells beside us unnoticed, and the pigeons overhead unheard. I did not want anyone with me. Not even Maxim. If Maxim had been there I should not be lying as I was now, chewing a piece of grass, my eyes shut. I should have been watching him, watching his eyes, his expression. Wondering if he liked it, if he was bored. Wondering what he was thinking. Now I could relax, none of these things mattered. Maxim was in London. How lovely it was to be alone again.”
— Daphne du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Tagged: Alone, little things, Boredom, Solitude, relax
“I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.”
— Daphne du Maurier, First Love Quotes and Sayings Collection by FQ
Tagged: Love, First Love
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