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Dodie Smith quotes: How can a young man like to wear a beard? How can a young man like to wear a beard?
Dodie Smith quotes: What with books and chocolate, there's not much else you could have in it, is there? What with books and chocolate, there's not much else you could have in it, is there?
Dodie Smith quotes: Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad? Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?
Dodie Smith quotes: What is this insurmountable barrier round him? What's it made of? Where did it come from? What is this insurmountable barrier round him? What's it made of? Where did it come from?
Dodie Smith quotes: I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things? I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things?
Dodie Smith quotes: It can't be immoral to love anyone -- as long as one doesn't hurt anyone by it. It can't be immoral to love anyone -- as long as one doesn't hurt anyone by it.
Dodie Smith quotes: It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns. It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.
Dodie Smith quotes: Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes. Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes.
Dodie Smith quotes: I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them. I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.
Dodie Smith quotes: Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real. Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.
Dodie Smith quotes: Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can. Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.
Dodie Smith quotes: So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy. So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy.
Dodie Smith quotes: Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing. Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.
Dodie Smith quotes: The way one's mind can dash about just while one opens a window. The way one's mind can dash about just while one opens a window.
Dodie Smith quotes: Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England. Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.
Dodie Smith quotes: It is odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It is odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it.
Dodie Smith quotes: Topaz is beautiful - largely because of the strangeness of her face. Topaz is beautiful - largely because of the strangeness of her face.
Dodie Smith quotes: My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher? My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher?
Dodie Smith quotes: I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame ... I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame ...
Dodie Smith quotes: At least we're companions in misfortune At least we're companions in misfortune
Dodie Smith quotes: He can be so appreciative of all forms of art, but so matter-of-fact and unemotional about it. He can be so appreciative of all forms of art, but so matter-of-fact and unemotional about it.
Dodie Smith quotes: Death is too much to ask of the living. Death is too much to ask of the living.
Dodie Smith quotes: Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them. Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.
Dodie Smith quotes: When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe. When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe.
Dodie Smith quotes: The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort. The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.
Dodie Smith quotes: Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to! Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to!
Dodie Smith quotes: She is a girl who cannot walk her troubles off, or work them off; she is a girl to sit around and glare. She is a girl who cannot walk her troubles off, or work them off; she is a girl to sit around and glare.
Dodie Smith quotes: I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious ... I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious ...
Dodie Smith quotes: What a tiny list of friends I have! All my fault. I less and less want to see people. What a tiny list of friends I have! All my fault. I less and less want to see people.
Dodie Smith quotes: It was wonderful, of course ham with mustard is a meal of glory. It was wonderful, of course
ham with mustard is a meal of glory.
Dodie Smith quotes: ...[H]e's so good and good people are usually happy. But do happy things happen to the good, or can the good make happiness out of unhappiness? ...[H]e's so good and good people are usually happy. But do happy things happen to the good, or can the good make happiness out of unhappiness?
Dodie Smith quotes: Thinking of deathstrange, beautiful, terrible and a long way offmade me feel happier than ever. Thinking of death
strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off
made me feel happier than ever.
Dodie Smith quotes: Things you let yourself imagine happening, never do happen. Things you let yourself imagine happening, never do happen.
Dodie Smith quotes: Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle. Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.
Dodie Smith quotes: I was so happy that I wanted to be kind to everyone in the world. I was so happy that I wanted to be kind to everyone in the world.
Dodie Smith quotes: It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts ... It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts ...
Dodie Smith quotes: I could never explain how the image and the reality merge, and how they somehow extend and beautify each other. I could never explain how the image and the reality merge, and how they somehow extend and beautify each other.
Dodie Smith quotes: The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.
Dodie Smith quotes: Art could state very little - it's whole business is to evoke responses. Art could state very little - it's whole business is to evoke responses.
Dodie Smith quotes: Prayer's a very tricky business. Prayer's a very tricky business.
Dodie Smith quotes: I stood there ringing the bell and banging on the door, feeling I could make someone be there, knowing all the time that I couldn't. I stood there ringing the bell and banging on the door, feeling I could make someone be there, knowing all the time that I couldn't.
Dodie Smith quotes: Mr. Dearly wasn't exactly handsome but he had the kind of face you don't get tired of. Mr. Dearly wasn't exactly handsome but he had the kind of face you don't get tired of.
Dodie Smith quotes: I should rather like to tear these last pages out of the book. Shall I? No-a journal ought not to cheat. I should rather like to tear these last pages out of the book. Shall I? No-a journal ought not to cheat.
Dodie Smith quotes: As long as I live I shall remember that silent minute. As long as I live I shall remember that silent minute.
Dodie Smith quotes: Ah, but you're the insidious typeJane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl. Ah, but you're the insidious type
Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl.
Dodie Smith quotes: People do look different with their eyes closed, their features seem so much more sculptured. People do look different with their eyes closed, their features seem so much more sculptured.
Dodie Smith quotes: I heard Molly say, 'Our Mouse is a hundred miles away.' But I wasn't as far away as that; I was in a dimly lit street somewhere in Hampstead. I heard Molly say, 'Our Mouse is a hundred miles away.' But I wasn't as far away as that; I was in a dimly lit street somewhere in Hampstead.
Dodie Smith quotes: But the happiness you hoped to win for me will never be mine. But the happiness you hoped to win for me will never be mine.
Dodie Smith quotes: I wasn't merely remembering, it seemed to be trapped inside my eyelids. I wasn't merely remembering, it seemed to be trapped inside my eyelids.
Dodie Smith quotes: It is rather exciting to write by moonlight. It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.
Dodie Smith quotes: God - it's merely shorthand for where we come from, where we're going and what it's all about God - it's merely shorthand for where we come from, where we're going and what it's all about
Dodie Smith quotes: Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness. Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.
Dodie Smith quotes: I really am just as discontented, but I don't seem to notice it so much. I really am just as discontented, but I don't seem to notice it so much.
Dodie Smith quotes: The Devil's out of fashion. The Devil's out of fashion.
Dodie Smith quotes: Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one ... I can well believe it. Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one ... I can well believe it.
Dodie Smith quotes: The vague expression was gone from his eyes - I had a feeling it was gone forever. The vague expression was gone from his eyes - I had a feeling it was gone forever.
Dodie Smith quotes: Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper. Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.
Dodie Smith quotes: I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself. I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.
Dodie Smith quotes: I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money. I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.
Dodie Smith quotes: Simon: You always were wise beyond your years. Cassandra: No I wasn't. I used to be consciously naive. Simon: You always were wise beyond your years.
Cassandra: No I wasn't. I used to be consciously naive.
Dodie Smith quotes: said, "because he was at the British Museum. said, "because he was at the British Museum.
Dodie Smith quotes: I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness. I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.
Dodie Smith quotes: Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh! Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!
Dodie Smith quotes: Miserable people cannot afford to dislike each other Miserable people cannot afford to dislike each other
Dodie Smith quotes: Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows. Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows.
Dodie Smith quotes: There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love.
Dodie Smith quotes: They said this flat was converted but I think its still heathen They said this flat was converted but I think its still heathen
Dodie Smith quotes: The thought was horrible, yet fascinating. The thought was horrible, yet fascinating.
Dodie Smith quotes: With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down. With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down.
Dodie Smith quotes: It seemed an awful waste that we weren't in love with each other. It seemed an awful waste that we weren't in love with each other.
Dodie Smith quotes: Stew's so comforting on a rainy day. Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.
Dodie Smith quotes: And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate. And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.
Dodie Smith quotes: Long prayers are like nagging. Long prayers are like nagging.
Dodie Smith quotes: I like seeing people when they can't see me. I like seeing people when they can't see me.
Dodie Smith quotes: Oh, I have just had an idea - after tea I shall attack myself with sandpaper. Oh, I have just had an idea - after tea I shall attack myself with sandpaper.
Dodie Smith quotes: Extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery. Extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.
Dodie Smith quotes: I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England. I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England.
Dodie Smith quotes: I still didn't believe him. And for the moment, I didn't much care one way or the other. My whole mind had swung back to Simon. I still didn't believe him. And for the moment, I didn't much care one way or the other. My whole mind had swung back to Simon.
Dodie Smith quotes: She will want things to stay just as they are. She will never have the fun of hoping something wonderful and exiting may be just around the corner. She will want things to stay just as they are. She will never have the fun of hoping something wonderful and exiting may be just around the corner.
Dodie Smith quotes: While I have been writing I have lived in the past, the light of it has been all around me ... While I have been writing I have lived in the past, the light of it has been all around me ...
Dodie Smith quotes: For I know I shall be interrupted I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long. For I know I shall be interrupted
I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.
Dodie Smith quotes: It is the still, yellow kind of afternoon when one is apt to get stuck in a dream if one sits very quiet It is the still, yellow kind of afternoon when one is apt to get stuck in a dream if one sits very quiet
Dodie Smith quotes: How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel! How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!
Dodie Smith quotes: Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me. Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.
Dodie Smith quotes: Incidentally, I never felt less brisk in my life, because being looked at like that makes a person feel dizzy. Incidentally, I never felt less brisk in my life, because being looked at like that makes a person feel dizzy.
Dodie Smith quotes: Perhaps what you call conventionality, I call decency. Perhaps what you call conventionality, I call decency.
Dodie Smith quotes: I had found out in that glittering corridor off the ballroom that being with him could be more painful than being away from him. I had found out in that glittering corridor off the ballroom that being with him could be more painful than being away from him.
Dodie Smith quotes: I love you, I love you, I love you. ~Cassandra I love you, I love you, I love you. ~Cassandra
Dodie Smith quotes: There's nothing more, except that I usually sit down until the flames die down and try to think myself back into the past. There's nothing more, except that I usually sit down until the flames die down and try to think myself back into the past.
Dodie Smith quotes: If you love people, you take them on trust. If you love people, you take them on trust.
Dodie Smith quotes: Ham with mustard is a meal of glory Ham with mustard is a meal of glory
Dodie Smith quotes: Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you. Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you.
Dodie Smith quotes: And suddenly all the puppies were her puppies; she was their mother - just as Pongo had felt he was their father. And suddenly all the puppies were her puppies; she was their mother - just as Pongo had felt he was their father.
Dodie Smith quotes: Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
Dodie Smith quotes: It was a rather dreadful thought but somehow comforting. It was a rather dreadful thought but somehow comforting.
Dodie Smith quotes: I could look at stationers' shops forever and ever. I could look at stationers' shops forever and ever.
Dodie Smith quotes: I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring. I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
Dodie Smith quotes: A loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation. A loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation.
Dodie Smith quotes: But it is always dreadful when the pictures in front of one's eyes become meaningless and the real word is there instead and seems meaningless, too. But it is always dreadful when the pictures in front of one's eyes become meaningless and the real word is there instead and seems meaningless, too.
Dodie Smith quotes: Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not quite feel grown up? Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not quite feel grown up?

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