Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayerswas a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth13 June 1893
passion ducks fleeting
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
limits baseness publishers
No, no, there must be a limit to the baseness even of publishers.
jesus winning unique
The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern writers also indulge in edifying miracles though they generally prefer to use them to procure unhappy endings, by which piece of thaumaturgy they win the title of realists.
heart thinking people
The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth.
dream real wish
It's disquieting to reflect that one's dreams never symbolize one's real wishes, but always something Much Worse... If I really wanted to be passionately embraced by Peter, I should dream of dentists or gardening. I wonder what unspeakable depths of awfulness can only be expressed by the polite symbol of Peter's embraces?
sex disappointment spots
Sex is every man's loco spot ... he'll take a disappointment, but not a humiliation.
heart paper oh-well
Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper
weather climate england
Britain possesses no climate, only weather.
movement looks spirit
We cannot really look at the movement of the Spirit, just because It is the Power by which we do the looking.
night pounds decline
On the strength of his literary output alone... any woman of sense would decline to tackle D.H. Lawrence at 1,000 pounds a night.
philosophy food emotional
Unlike music or poetry or painting, food rouses no response in passionate and emotional youth. Only when the surge of the blood is quieted does gastronomy come into its own with philosophy and theology and the sterner delights of the mind.
forgiveness sin
Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.
lying dangerous
Plain lies are dangerous.
giving-money people church
The doctrine of hell is not "mediaeval priestcraft" for frightening people into giving money to the church: it is Christ's deliberate judgment on sin.... We cannot repudiate hell without altogether repudiating Christ.