Dodie Smith quotes

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. (Dodie Smith)
Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing. View quote
Dodie Smith
... I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself. View quote
Dodie Smith
It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts. View quote
Dodie Smith
But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are not giving one thought to the real facts of marriage. View quote
Dodie Smith
I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things? View quote
Dodie Smith
The Devil's out of fashion. View quote
Dodie Smith
I like seeing people when they can't see me. View quote
Dodie Smith
Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper. View quote
Dodie Smith
Ah, but you're the insidious type--Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl. View quote
Dodie Smith
I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring. (Dodie Smith)
The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. View quote
Dodie Smith
If you love people, you take them on trust. View quote
Dodie Smith
When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it. It makes reading so much more exciting, but I don't suppose many people try to do it. View quote
Dodie Smith
Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can. View quote
Dodie Smith
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? View quote
Dodie Smith
I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer. View quote
Dodie Smith
Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you. View quote
Dodie Smith
Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to! View quote
Dodie Smith
Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever. View quote
Dodie Smith
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness. (Dodie Smith)
Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad? View quote
Dodie Smith
Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me. View quote
Dodie Smith
I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness. View quote
Dodie Smith
It is rather exciting to write by moonlight. View quote
Dodie Smith