232 Quotes by Dodie Smith

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    It was wonderful, of course – ham with mustard is a meal of glory.

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    The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

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    Why don't you ever fly through the windmill again? That's a sure crowd pleaser.

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    How strange and beautiful it looked in the late afternoon light! I can still recapture that first glimpse - see the sheer grey stone walls and towers against the pale yellow sky, the reflected castle stretching towards us on the brimming moat, the floating patches of emerald-green water-weed.

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    Our excited voices only made the castle seem more silent.

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    I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated subconscious...

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    The family, that dear octopus from whos tentacles we never quite escape, not in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.

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