Dodie Smith

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

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

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

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

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

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

It is the still, yellow kind of afternoon when one is apt to get stuck in a dream if one sits very quiet

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

It is the still yellow kind of afternoon when one is apt to get stuck in a dream if one sits very quiet.

I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.