Every great man has a woman behind him ... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up.
Dorothy L. SayersTo start with invention is the mark of the fertile mind ... and leads later to the interpretation of experience; to start with the reproduction of experience is the infallible index of a barren invention.
Dorothy L. SayersIt is the first duty of a gentleman to remember in the morning who he went to bed with the night before.
Dorothy L. SayersIt's disquieting to reflect that one's dreams never symbolize one's real wishes, but always something Much Worse... If I really wanted to be passionately embraced by Peter, I should dream of dentists or gardening. I wonder what unspeakable depths of awfulness can only be expressed by the polite symbol of Peter's embraces?
Dorothy L. Sayers