Quotes about Sayers

Death in particular seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of innocent amusement than any other single subject.

I say--I've thought of a good plot for a detective story. Really? Top--hole. You know, the sort that people bring out and say 'I've often thought of doing it myself, if only I could find time to sit down and write it.' I gather that sitting down is all that is necessary for producing masterpieces.

Damn it, she writes detective stories and in detective stories virtue is always triumphant. They're the purest literature we have.

Theology is the mistress-science, without which the whole educational structure will necessarily lack its final synthesis.

Well, it is the law, my lord,' replied Mr Blundell, 'and it's not my place to argue about it.

You yourselves will be able to judge whether that is a usual and natural form of expression