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

Dodie Smith

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

Dodie Smith

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

Dodie Smith

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

Dodie Smith

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

Dodie Smith

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

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.

Dodie Smith

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

Dodie Smith