Daphne du Maurier Quotes

It is folly to pretend that one ever wholly recovers from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. There are faces I can never look upon without emotion, there are names I can never hear spoken without almost starting.

Losing is tough.

I don't know if people understand - losing is tough.

It sucks when you lose.

And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down.

Of her scorn the maid repented, And the shepherd - of his love.

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

An unfulfilled life makes a hard man.

We construct our lives for one person, and when at length it is ready to receive her that person does not come; presently she is dead to us, and we live on, prisoners within the walls which were intended only for her.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late. It can give no pleasure, yet it deprives you of that most precious of rights - the right to swear and curse at your fate!

Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned me.

It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.

Said 2,000 years of Christian history, baby And you ain't learned to love me yet?

One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.

I thought about how stupid it is, that all of us are born destined to desire somebody else, though desire brings with it such disappointment and pain. Humankind's history must be scored bloody with heartbreak. This hankering for affection is a blight upon us.

He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.

How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.

In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears

I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday.

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

it just breaks / a man's heart, watching / a girl so involved with her life, / without him like that.

I can't sing a love song Like the way it's meant to be Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore But baby, that's just me

I haven't had a very good day. I think I might still be hung over and everyone's dead and my root beer's gone.

When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.