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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.
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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I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
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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.
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Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.
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It came to me that Hyde Park has never belonged to London - that it has always been , in spirit, a stretch of countryside and that it links the Londons of all periods together most magically - by remaining forever unchanged at the heart of a ever-changing town.
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Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness.
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I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things?
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I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.
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Death is too much to ask of the living.
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Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you.
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I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold
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Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!
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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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It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.
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I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.
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The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.
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If you love people, you take them on trust.
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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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How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!
Dodie Smith
Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.
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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.
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