Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle (1948)

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I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious.

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Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

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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 — or rather, it is like living it. It makes reading so much more exciting, but I don't suppose many people try to do it.

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I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray.

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I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.

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Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.

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For I know I shall be interrupted— I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.

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Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.

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I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

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Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

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Surely I could give him—a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.

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Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to!

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I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold.

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I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.

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Thinking of death—strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off—made me feel happier than ever.

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Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

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I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted — my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than did.

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He laughed a little, in an odd, nervous kind of way. "Because if I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die—and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively.

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Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work of other writers, for their creator they're complete, not leading anywhere.

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It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts.

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It came to me that Hyde Park has never belonged to London - that it has always been, in spirit, a stretch of countryside; and that it links the Londons of all periods together most magically - by remaining forever unchanged at the heart of a ever-changing town.

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Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and I long to mention it myself

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