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Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.
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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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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...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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He laughed a little, in an odd, nervous kind of way. Because if I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die--and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively.
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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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Oh, comfortable cocoa!
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I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold
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If you love people, you take them on trust.
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I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.
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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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Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.
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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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But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are not giving one thought to the real facts of marriage.
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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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Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance.
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Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.
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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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Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
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Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to!
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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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The Devil's out of fashion.
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