The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.
- Dodie Smith
Whose, Innermost, Our, Octopus
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
- Dodie Smith
Deeds, Noble, Cures, Baths
Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.
- Dodie Smith
Nothing, Costs, About, Contemplation
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
Love, Shut, Means, Jump
I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life.
- Dodie Smith
Never, Happen, Noticed, Things Happen
Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.
- Dodie Smith
Beauty, Death, Horror, Ugliness
I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
- Dodie Smith
Never, Found, Before, Inspiring
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