Exciting Quote by Dodie Smith

“... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.”

Dodie Smith

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“And I suspect that, to the eyes of love, love shows. I knew about you as well as about myself, almost from the beginning.”

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“The thought was horrible, yet fascinating.”

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“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-…

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Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

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“There are some people who always find beauty makes them feel sadder, which is a very mysterious thing.”

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