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Dodie Smith [1896-1990] English
Rank: 106
Dramatist, Novelist


Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English children's novelist and playwright, known best for the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Other works include I Capture the Castle, and The Starlight Barking. The Hundred and One Dalmatians was adapted into a 1961 Disney animated movie version. Her novel I Capture the Castle was adapted into a 2003 movie version.

Family, Marriage

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The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to. Family
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Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
102
Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.
103
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. Marriage
104
I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
105
Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.
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I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life.
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