Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.
--Dodie Smith
Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.
--Dodie Smith
Death is too much to ask of the living.
--Dodie Smith
Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.
--Dodie Smith
Ham with mustard is a meal of glory.
--Dodie Smith
I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.
--Dodie Smith
If you love people, you take them on trust.
--Dodie Smith
Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness.
--Dodie Smith
No bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.
--Dodie Smith
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cure for depression.
--Dodie Smith
People's clothes ought to be buried with them.
--Dodie Smith
Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.
--Dodie Smith
Rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold.
--Dodie Smith
So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy.
--Dodie Smith
The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently...
--Dodie Smith
Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.
--Dodie Smith
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.
--Dodie Smith
When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe.
--Dodie Smith
Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?
--Dodie Smith
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