In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair...the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers

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In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him.

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The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.

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If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.

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There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

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