178 Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett

This,’ said Lymond, ’is by no means a game I will play, or consider playing. Move.

He will not, I think, find it logical to live with what he has done today. I have told him that you are his responsibility. While he believes that, he will continue to protect you. I tell you this, so that you will understand what is happening. He will measure his life by your helplessness.

He can make you want to knock him down, if he feels like it, by simply saying “good morning”. He possibly said simply “good morning” to Lord Culter. The difference was that, being his brother, Culter hit him.

We have reached the open sea, with some charts; and the firmament.

Lucent and delicate, Drama entered, mincing like a cat.

You’ve chosen a life of vice, and have been consistent and reliable and thorough and successful in carrying it out.

And that was when she realized that laughter, which they had lost, had come back to them, and they were whole again.

So this was Richard’s brother. Every line of him spoke, palimpsest-wise, with two voices. The clothes, black and rich, were vaguely slovenly; the skin sun-glazed and cracked; the fine eyes slackly lidded; the mouth insolent and self-indulgent. He returned the scrutiny without rancour.

Every other woman since Eve has asked to be loved more than honour. But not you.