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Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes about Passion

The Devil ... is much better served by exploiting our virtues than by appealing to our lower passions; consequently, it is when the Devil looks most noble and reasonable that he is most dangerous.

The Devil ... is much better served by exploiting our virtues than by appealing to our lower passions; consequently, it is when the Devil looks most noble and reasonable that he is most dangerous.

Dorothy L. Sayers (2006). “The Poetry of Search and the Poetry of Statement: On Dante and Other Writers”, p.231, Wipf and Stock Publishers

How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.

Dorothy L Sayers (2009). “Gaudy Night: Lord Peter Wimsey”, p.262, Hachette UK

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.587, Open Road Media

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.

Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club”, p.119, Open Road Media