Dodie Smith Quote
He talked quite naturally while we ate — about the difficulty of finding words to describe the luminous mist, and why one has the desire to describe beauty.Perhaps it's an attempt to possess it, I said.Or be possessed by it; perhaps that's the same thing, really. I suppose it's the complete identification with beauty one's seeking.The mist grew brighter and brighter.
Dodie Smith
He talked quite naturally while we ate — about the difficulty of finding words to describe the luminous mist, and why one has the desire to describe beauty.Perhaps it's an attempt to possess it, I said.Or be possessed by it; perhaps that's the same thing, really. I suppose it's the complete identification with beauty one's seeking.The mist grew brighter and brighter.
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About Dodie Smith
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear Octopus (1938) and The Starlight Barking (1967). The Hundred and One Dalmatians was adapted into a 1961 animated film and a 1996 live-action film, both produced by Disney. Her novel I Capture the Castle was voted number 82 as "one of the nation's 100 best-loved novels" by the British public as part of the BBC's The Big Read (2003), and was adapted into a film released the same year.