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Dodie Smith Quotes

Dodie Smith quotes about thinking

English Playwright May 3, 1896 – November 24, 1990

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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. Dodie Smith
What I'd really hate would be the settled feeling, with nothing but happiness to look forward to. Of course no life is perfectly happy- Rose's children will probably get ill, the servants may be difficult, perhaps dear Mrs. Cotton will prove to be the teeniest fly in the ointment. (I should like to know what fly was originally in what ointment.) There are hundreds of worries and even sorrows that may come along, but- I think what I really mean is that Rose won't be wanting things to happen.... Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of..."
I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them. Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way..."
Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever. Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith quote: "It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it...."
It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts... Dodie Smith
And at last father flung the rug off as if it were hampering him and strode over to the table saying, 'cocoa, cocoa!'-- it might have been the most magnificent drink in the world; which, personally, I think it is. 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
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
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
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: "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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