Dodie Smith quotes - page 2

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. (Dodie Smith)
Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work of other writers, for their creator they're complete, not leading anywhere. View quote
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And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate. View quote
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So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy. View quote
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How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel! View quote
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I wanted so terribly to be good to him. View quote
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Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England. View quote
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Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real. View quote
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Only half a page left now. Shall I fill it with 'I love you, I love you'-- like father's page of cats on the mat? No. Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper. View quote
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I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold. View quote
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I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt. (Dodie Smith)
I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray. View quote
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Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle. View quote
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Rose doesn't like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance. View quote
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There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. View quote
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I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them. View quote
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I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame... View quote
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... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long. View quote
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Stew's so comforting on a rainy day. View quote
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... surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver. View quote
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We were restless for ages... After a while I heard an owl hooting and calmed myself by thinking of it flying over the dark fields – and then I remembered it would be pouncing on mice. I love owls, but I wish God had made them vegetarian. (Dodie Smith)
I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea. View quote
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I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life. View quote
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I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious... View quote
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My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but 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
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