01UndatedSome are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.Dick Francis / quote ↗
03UndatedMost people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.Dick Francis / quote ↗
04UndatedBut one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.Dick Francis / quote ↗
07UndatedLife has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it seemed to me, took their turn to be football. Most survived. Some didn't.Dick Francis / quote ↗
08UndatedBut what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You say “how very interesting” and change the subject.Dick Francis / quote ↗
09UndatedBut people as a rule believe only what they want to believe, and if you tell them anything else they'll call you a trouble-maker and get rid of you and never give you your job back, even if what you said is proved spot on right by time.Dick Francis / quote ↗
10UndatedSilly,' he said with mock serenity, 'isn't a word you should ever apply to people. They may be totally stupid, in fact, but if you call them silly you've lost their vote.Dick Francis / quote ↗
11UndatedLove's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.Dick Francis / quote ↗
12UndatedIf ever you get invited into someone's home,' my father said (as he had been invited five or six times that morning), 'you go into the sitting-room and you say, “Oh, what an attractive room!" even if you think it's hideous.Dick Francis / quote ↗
13UndatedI guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.Dick Francis / quote ↗
