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Dodie Smith Quotes

Dodie Smith quotes

English Playwright May 3, 1896 – November 24, 1990

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Dodie Smith quote: "Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic..."
Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it. Dodie Smith
She is a famous artists' model who claims to have been christened Topaz - even if this is true there is no law to make a woman stick to a name like that. Dodie Smith
Did you think of anything when Miss Marcy said Scoatney Hall was being re-opened? I thought of the beginning of Pride and Prejudice? where Mrs. Bennet says 'Netherfield Park is let a last.' And then Mr. Bennet goes over to call on the rich new owner. Dodie Smith
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, I start subjects leading up to it, and then feel myself going red. I keep swearing to myself not to speak of him again-- and then an opportunity occurs and I jump at it. Dodie Smith
But I can't see how anyone could believe that you killed the bear with a pitchfork,' I said.'I didn't. I only wounded it - badly, I think, but not enough to put it out of action. It came blundering towards me, I stepped aside and it crashed head-first into the river - I could hear it threshing about in the darkness. I picked up a big stone - poor brute, I hated to do it but I had to finish it off. It gave just one groan as the stone hit it and then went down. I held the lantern high; I could... Dodie Smith
In the end, Miss Marcy took the middle pages out of her library record, which gave us a pleasant feeling that we were stealing from the government, and then we sat round the table and elected her chairman. Dodie Smith
She will want things to stay just as they are. She will never have the fun of hoping something wonderful and exiting may be just around the corner. Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "Mr. Dearly wasn't exactly handsome but he had the kind of face..."
Mr. Dearly wasn't exactly handsome but he had the kind of face you don't get tired of. Dodie Smith
My hand is very tired but I want to go on writing. I keep resting and thinking. All day I have been two people - the me imprisoned in yesterday and the me out here on the mound; and now there is a third me trying to get in - the me in what is going to happen next. Dodie Smith
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
Dodie Smith quote: "My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this..."
My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher? Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an..."
I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt. Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "I souldn't think even millionaires could eat anthing nicer..."
I souldn't think even millionaires could eat anthing nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea. Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer..."
I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea. Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "Prayer's a very tricky business."
Prayer's a very tricky business. Dodie Smith

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