I had build up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth.
Daphne du MaurierThe urge to climb will never be explained. In olden days, perhaps it was a wish to reach the stars. Today, anyone so minded can buy a seat on a plane and feel himself master of the skies. Even so, he will not have rock under his feet, or air upon his face; nor will he know the silence that comes only on the hills.
Daphne du MaurierI have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones.
Daphne du Maurier