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Dodie Smith Quotes

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English Playwright May 3, 1896 – November 24, 1990

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I suddenly knew that religion, God - something beyond everyday life - was there to be found, provided one is really willing. And I saw that though what I felt in the church was only imagination, it was a step on the way; because imagination itself can be a kind of willingness - a pretence that things are real, due to one's longing for them. Dodie Smith
Am I really admitting that my sister is determined to marry a man she has only seen once and doesn't much like the look of? It is half real and half pretense - and I have an idea that it is a game most girls play when they meet an eligible young men. They just...wonder. Dodie Smith
But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are not giving one thought to the real facts of marriage. Dodie Smith
I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray. 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: "Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because..."
Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real. Dodie Smith

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