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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.
Dodie Smith
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Dodie Smith
Age: 94 †
Born: 1896
Born: May 3
Died: 1990
Died: November 24
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The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.
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I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame.
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Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.
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...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.
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Am I really admitting that my sister is determined to marry a man she has only seen once and doesn't much like the look of? It is half real and half pretense - and I have an idea that it is a game most girls play when they meet an eligible young men. They just...wonder.
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Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.
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I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted-- my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than did.
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Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.
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