Famous Daphne du Maurier Quotes

  • She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment. – Daphne du Maurier

    She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment.– Daphne du Maurier

  • …The fact that it’s black transforms it. Has the same effect on women that black stockings have on men. – Daphne du Maurier

    …The fact that it’s black transforms it. Has the same effect on women that black stockings have on men.– Daphne du Maurier

  • I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child. – Daphne du Maurier

    I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child.– Daphne du Maurier

  • Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard. – Daphne du Maurier

    Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.– Daphne du Maurier

  • But a lonely man is an unnatural man, and soon comes to perplexity. From perplexity to fantasy. From fantasy to madness. – Daphne du Maurier

    But a lonely man is an unnatural man, and soon comes to perplexity. From perplexity to fantasy. From fantasy to madness.– Daphne du Maurier

  • Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. – Daphne du Maurier

    Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.– Daphne du Maurier

  • I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones. – Daphne du Maurier

    I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones.– Daphne du Maurier

  • There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair – Daphne du Maurier

    There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair– Daphne du Maurier

  • Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear – Daphne du Maurier

    Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear– Daphne du Maurier