Quotes by Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

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Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the lovin — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though the — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
I like seeing people when they can't see me. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher? — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
...he talked quite naturally while we ate — about the difficulty of finding words to describe the luminous mist, and why — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
In addition, I think religion has a chance of a look-in whenever the mind craves solace in music or poetry-- in any form — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride a — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Am I really admitting that my sister is determined to marry a man she has only seen once and doesn't much like the look — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle