“the wretcheder one is, the more one smokes; and the more one smokes, the wretcheder one gets—a vicious circle.”
Quotes by George Du Maurier
“Happiness is like time and space--we make and measure it ourselves; it is a fancy--as big, as little, as you please; just a thing of contrasts and comparisons, like health or strength or beauty or any other good--that wouldn't even be noticed but for sad personal experience of its opposite!--or its greater!”
“Language is a poor thing. You fill your lungs with wind and shake a little slit in your throat, and make mouths, and that shakes the air; and the air shakes a pair of little drums in my head—a very complicated arrangement, with lots of bones behind—and my brain seizes your meaning in the rough. What a roundabout way, and what a waste of time.”
George Du MaurierGeorge Du Maurier was a French-British cartoonist, illustrator, and novelist, renowned for his sharp wit and keen observations of Victorian society. He gained prominence through his contributions to t...