Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
—Dodie Smith
Topics: Good Deeds, Goodness, Deeds, Depression, Action
I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making—it’s like taking too many notes at school; you feel you’ve achieved something when you haven’t.
—Dodie Smith
Topics: Achieving
I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
—Dodie Smith
Topics: Change
When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn’t safe.
—Dodie Smith
Topics: Anticipation
The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.
—Dodie Smith
Topics: Family
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William Shakespeare British Playwright
Israel Zangwill English Writer, Political Activist
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Irish-born British Playwright
Arnold Bennett British Novelist
Doris Lessing British Novelist, Poet
Gladys Bronwyn Stern British Novelist
Agatha Christie British Novelist