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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.
Dodie Smith
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Dodie Smith
Age: 94 †
Born: 1896
Born: May 3
Died: 1990
Died: November 24
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Greater Manchester
Charles Henry Percy
C. L. Anthony
Dorothy Gladys Smith
Dorothy Gladys Beesley
Dorothy Beesley
Dodie Beesley
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Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.
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Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?
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Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.
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People's clothes ought to be buried with them.
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Oh, wise young judge.
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What a tiny list of friends I have! All my fault. I less and less want to see people.
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