I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain. Worse than young children or puppies because one had to be polite.
Daphne du MaurierHe stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now.
Daphne du MaurierFrom the very first, I knew that it would be so...I smiled to myself, and said, "That -- and none other.
Daphne du Maurier