“But her voice sounded wistful. It is one of her theories that a woman must never be jealous, never try to hold… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“There used to be two of us always on the look-out for life, talking to Miss Blossom at night, wondering, hoping; two… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“It isn't a bit of use my pretending I'm not crying, because I am... Pause to mop up. Better now. Perhaps it… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, I never felt less brisk in my life, because being looked at like that makes a person feel dizzy.” — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“Our Clare doesn't much care for real life,' Drew told Jane. 'What she needs is to live in a book– the kind… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
I wanted to know more about the young ... strange that though they laughed so loud, they so seldom smiled. Perhaps laughter… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
Perhaps it would really be rather dull to be married and settled for life. Liar! It would be heaven. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“I suddenly knew that religion, God - something beyond everyday life - was there to be found, provided one is really willing.… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“I think it worthy of note that I never felt happier in my life - despite sorrow for Father, pity for Rose,… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“I glanced through another page in case I had missed something, and came to the description of Simon's face as he lay on the… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here,… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“Now, paper and pencils," said Miss Marcy, clapping her hands. Writing paper is scarce in this house, and I had no intention of tearing… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“And I suspect that, to the eyes of love, love shows. I knew about you as well as about myself, almost from the beginning.” — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“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-… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“There are some people who always find beauty makes them feel sadder, which is a very mysterious thing.” — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
