I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth.
Dorothy L. SayersTo make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.
Dorothy L. SayersThere is one vast human experience that confronts us so formidably that we cannot pretend to overlook it. There is no solution to death. There is no means whatever whereby you or I, by taking thought, can solve this difficulty in such a manner that it no longer exists.
Dorothy L. SayersHave you noticed that the astronomers and mathematicians are much the most cheerful people of the lot? I suppose that perpetually contemplating things on so vast a scale makes them feel either that it doesn't matter a hoot anyway, or that anything so large and elaborate must have some sense in it somewhere.
Dorothy L. Sayers