Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows. Dodie Smith More Quotes by Dodie Smith More Quotes From Dodie Smith I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. Dodie Smith kitchen sitting writing Ah, but you're the insidious type--Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl. Dodie Smith becky type girl What a tiny list of friends I have! All my fault. I less and less want to see people. Dodie Smith want friendship people They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here, and sea fog, and eerie stories. That's not because there are more ghosts here than in other places, mind you. It's just that people who live hereabouts are strangely aware of them. Dodie Smith fog ocean sea a loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation. Dodie Smith penalties innocence loss Though he had very little Latin beyond "Cave canem," he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty leather binding). Dodie Smith training dog latin Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and I long to mention it myself Dodie Smith names littles long 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. Dodie Smith unique may book extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery. Dodie Smith extremes invites misery 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. Dodie Smith brain believe ideas 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. Dodie Smith lasts steps water And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate. Dodie Smith funny-marriage hate men Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to! Dodie Smith wake-up morning looks Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real. Dodie Smith real past thinking ...With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down. Dodie Smith pages flow stories Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes. Dodie Smith musician reading paper Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you. Dodie Smith margins love-you writing There was a wonderful atmosphere of gentle age, a smell of flowers and beeswax, sweet yet faintly sour and musty; a smell that makes you feel very tender towards the past. Dodie Smith flower sweet past 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. Dodie Smith may insanity long Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh! Dodie Smith elderly expression age
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