Dorothy L Sayers Inspirational Quotes (126)

make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression.

Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within. The heavier the lashing of the rain and the ghastlier the details, the better the flavour seems to be.

The Devil ... is much better served by exploiting our virtues than by appealing to our lower passions consequently, it is when the Devil looks most noble and reasonable that he is most dangerous.

all conscious thought is a process in time so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule to measure its own length.

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.

Placetne, magistra? Placet.