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Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

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Dodie Smith
Age: 94 †
Born: 1896
Born: May 3
Died: 1990
Died: November 24
Autobiographer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Charles Henry Percy
C. L. Anthony
Dorothy Gladys Smith
Dorothy Gladys Beesley
Dorothy Beesley
Dodie Beesley
Takes
Beauty
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Death
Time
Ugliness
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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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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 wanted to know more about the young ... strange that though they laughed so loud, they so seldom smiled. Perhaps laughter was involuntary whereas smiling was part of an attitude to life.
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If you love people, you take them on trust.
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I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame.
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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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I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.
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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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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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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 have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold
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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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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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Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.
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Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
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It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.
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Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.
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Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?
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Oh, wise young judge.
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Perhaps it would really be rather dull to be married and settled for life. Liar! It would be heaven.
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