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People's clothes ought to be buried with them.
Dodie Smith
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Dodie Smith
Age: 94 †
Born: 1896
Born: May 3
Died: 1990
Died: November 24
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Charles Henry Percy
C. L. Anthony
Dorothy Gladys Smith
Dorothy Gladys Beesley
Dorothy Beesley
Dodie Beesley
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Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.
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Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.
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Perhaps it would really be rather dull to be married and settled for life. Liar! It would be heaven.
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It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.
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And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.
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Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes.
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Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to!
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Oh, wise young judge.
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Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return -- that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness. For a moment I felt that I had discovered a great truth.
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So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy.
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Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.
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Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.
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I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.
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