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> [They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/they-call-them-the-haunted-shores-these-stretches-of-devonshire-and/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

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> [Walking down Belmotte was the oddest sensation-- every step took us deeper into the mist until at last it closed over our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/walking-down-belmotte-was-the-oddest-sensation-every-step-took-us/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

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> [Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/why-is-summer-mist-romantic-and-autumn-mist-just-sad/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

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## Other authors on Mist

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mist/charles-dickens/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bruce-campbell-20006.jpg) Hanshan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mist/hanshan/)

## More by Dodie Smith

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/i-glanced-through-another-page-in-case-i-had-missed-something-and/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/they-call-them-the-haunted-shores-these-stretches-of-devonshire-and/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [“Now, paper and pencils," said Miss Marcy, clapping her hands. Writing paper is scarce in this house, and I had no intention of tearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/now-paper-and-pencils-said-miss-marcy-clapping-her-hands-writing/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/it-s-odd-how-different-a-house-feels-when-one-is-alone-in-it-it-makes/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/the-tea-was-a-comfort-and-by-that-time-i-more-than-needed-comfort/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/like-many-other-much-loved-humans-they-believed-that-they-owned-their/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [“And I suspect that, to the eyes of love, love shows. I knew about you as well as about myself, almost from the beginning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/and-i-suspect-that-to-the-eyes-of-love-love-shows-i-knew-about-you-as/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [“The thought was horrible, yet fascinating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/the-thought-was-horrible-yet-fascinating/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/what-i-d-really-hate-would-be-the-settled-feeling-with-nothing-but/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/truthfulness-so-often-goes-with-ruthlessness/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/am-i-really-admitting-that-my-sister-is-determined-to-marry-a-man-she/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [“There are some people who always find beauty makes them feel sadder, which is a very mysterious thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/there-are-some-people-who-always-find-beauty-makes-them-feel-sadder/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [“You're the kind of child who might develop a passion for Bach." I told him I hadn't at school. The one Bach piece I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/you-re-the-kind-of-child-who-might-develop-a-passion-for-bach-i-told/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/when-things-mean-a-very-great-deal-to-you-exciting-anticipation-just/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

> [I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/i-could-marry-the-devil-himself-if-he-had-some-money/)

[Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/)

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