All Dodie Smith Quotes
- I should rather like to tear these last pages out of the book. Shall I? No-a journal ought not to cheat. Book
- ...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself. Curbing
- He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much… Asked
- When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as… All
- Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving… Blissful
- ...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver. Contentment
- My hand is very tired but I want to go on writing. I keep resting and thinking. All day I have been two people -… All
- I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the… Afterwards
- I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold Clean
- 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… Been
- It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts... Alone
- ... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long. Exciting
- Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to! Forward
- If you love people, you take them on trust. Funny
- Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real. Less
- I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them. All
- Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England. Americans
- It came to me that Hyde Park has never belonged to London - that it has always been , in spirit, a stretch of countryside;… All
- Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you. Inspirational
- I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness. Inside