Why did dogs make one want to cry? There was something so quiet and hopeless about their sympathy. Jasper, knowing something was wrong, as dogs always do. Trunks being packed. Cars being brought to the door. Dogs standing with drooping tails, dejected eyes. Wandering back to their baskets in the hall when the sound of the car dies away.
Daphne du MaurierI had build up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth.
Daphne du MaurierI believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, an that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire." (From Rebecca)
Daphne du MaurierWhy, he wondered, should he remember her suddenly, on such a day, watching the rain falling on the apple trees?
Daphne du Maurier