13 Quotes by Gordon Dahlquist

Beauty is more a danger than intelligence or wit. One becomes a living mirror for the inadequacies of others.

First you say I am a murderer - an agent in league against you - and now I am a deluded heartsick girl! Pray make up your mind so I can scoff at you with precision!

When they find what they don't like , they destroy it. Because it scares them-and you girls would scare them as much as anything they've ever seen.' 'Why?' asked Isobel. 'Because . . . because of what they believe.

She did not especially appreciate children either, but could be kind to them when they were silent.

each man braces his fear against his love. What you love may change. But if you love still, your fear remains

but a man did not acquire so much gold brocade without learning to swallow his own desire

It is always best when discussing serious matters to do so around a teapot.

Heroines did not pick their own battles – the ones they knew they could win. On the contrary, they managed what they had to manage, and they did not lie to themselves about relying on others for help instead of accomplishing the thing alone.

First you say I am a murderer – an agent in league against you – and now I am a deluded heartsick girl! Pray make up your mind so I can scoff at you with precision!