232 Quotes by Dodie Smith

Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.

I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?" He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly.

Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you.

...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.

Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows.

When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe.

I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England.