Dodie Smith Quotes
- 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 –… Age
- There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. Girl
- Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can. Inspirational
- I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt. All
- Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance. Chance
- My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher? American
- Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it. Alcoholic
- 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?… Admitting
- Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and… Connected
- ...With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down. Down
- I could hear rain still pouring from the gutters and a thin branch scraping against one of the windows; but the church seemed completely cut… Branch
- Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me. Find
- 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… Carry
- Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad? Autumn
- The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it… All
- Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows. Cows
- Walking down Belmotte was the oddest sensation-- every step took us deeper into the mist until at last it closed over our heads. It was… Closed
- He laughed a little, in an odd, nervous kind of way. "Because if I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die--and if that… Abyss
- So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy. England
- The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort. Comfort