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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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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
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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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Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.
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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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I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
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How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!
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So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy.
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Ah, but you're the insidious type--Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl.
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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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Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
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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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Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.
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We were restless for ages...After a while I heard an owl hooting and calmed myself by thinking of it flying over the dark fields – and then I remembered it would be pouncing on mice. I love owls, but I wish God had made them vegetarian.
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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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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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Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes.
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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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