But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met… — Dorothy Dunnett

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.

Dorothy DunnettNovelist · Scottish · 1923 – 2001

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Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat. — Robert Frost
You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's. — Robert Frost
You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life. — Dorothy Dunnett
After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists. — Dorothy Dunnett