Daphne Du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier DBE (May 13, 1907 April 19, 1989) was one of the most successful Cornish novelists of all time. Her best-known work, Rebecca (1938), is a literary classic and was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-winning film.
3 Quotes
Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
— Daphne Du Maurier
… the little festive atmosphere of strangeness, of excitement, that only a holiday bedroom brings. This is ours for the moment, but no more. While we are in it, we bring it life. When we have gone, it no longer exists, it fades into anonymity.
— Daphne Du Maurier
How replace the life of a loved lost child with a dream?
— Daphne Du Maurier