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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
Dorothy Gladys Beesley
Dorothy Beesley
Dodie Beesley
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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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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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I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
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And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.
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It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.
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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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Ah, but you're the insidious type--Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl.
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Oh, wise young judge.
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Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not quite feel grown up?
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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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I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.
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People's clothes ought to be buried with them.
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It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts.
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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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Walking down Belmotte was the oddest sensation-- every step took us deeper into the mist until at last it closed over our heads. It was like being drowned in the ghost of water.
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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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Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.
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The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.
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Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!
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