Dick Francis

English jockey and crime writer

Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 192014 February 2010) was a British jockey and horse racing crime writer.

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  • Love'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.
    • Dead Cert (1962)
  • Most 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.
    • Reflex
  • Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.
    • To the Hilt (1996)
  • I 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.
    • Whip Hand

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