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Dodie Smith

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Dodie Smith Quotes

Total quotes: 4

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Dodie Smith

Birthname

Birthday: May 3, 1896

Death: November 24, 1990

Educated At: St Paul's Girls' School

Nationality: United Kingdom

Occupations: Autobiographer, Playwright, Children's Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter

Total quotes: 4

“Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.”

— Dodie Smith, The 101 Dalmatians

Tagged: Dogs, owners, Control

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

— Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

Tagged: Depression, Relaxation, cures

“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.”

— Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

Tagged: first lines of books

“Dogs can never speak the language of humans, and humans can never speak the language of dogs. But many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness. (Really, it is very clever of humans to understand a wagging tail at all, as they have no tails of their own.) Then there are the snufflings and sniffings, the pricking of ears—all meaning different things. And many, many words are expressed by a dog’s eyes.”

— Dodie Smith, The 101 Dalmatians

Tagged: Dogs, humans, Communication, Understanding

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