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# Dorothy Cottrell

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Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell was an Australian writer. Born in Picton, she contracted infantile paralysis as a child and spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Cottrell married Walter Mackenzie Cottrell on 23 May 1922. Her first novel, The Singing Gold, was published in 1928. She wrote a story W

##  Quotes by Dorothy Cottrell

> [If you are going to do something that will annoy people, tell them about it afterwards; then they will only be annoyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-cottrell/if-you-are-going-to-do-something-that-will-annoy-people-tell-them/)

[Dorothy Cottrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-cottrell/)

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-cottrell/i-took-little-interest-in-fleshly-infants-it-being-my-private-opinion/)

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> [I also discovered that I was a poet. From the standpoint of one's family this is probably a regrettable discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-cottrell/i-also-discovered-that-i-was-a-poet-from-the-standpoint-of-one-s/)

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