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Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!
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
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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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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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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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I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.
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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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