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101 " Never have I felt so separate from her. And I regret to say that there were moments when my deep and loving pity for her merged into a desire to kick her fairly hard. "
― Dodie Smith , I Capture the Castle
102 " She is a famous artists' model who claims to have been christened Topaz - even if this is true there is no law to make a woman stick to a name like that. "
103 " People's clothes ought to be buried with them. "
104 " Is that branch worrying you?” Simon asked her. “Would you like to change places? I hope you wouldn’t because your hair looks so nice against the leaves "
105 " How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel! "
106 " He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?"He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly. "
107 " Doing things for others gives you a lovely glow." "So does port," I said cynically. "
108 " I really am just as discontented, but I don’t seem to notice it so much. "
109 " Oh, comfortable cocoa! "
110 " Sometimes I try to imagine what happens to characters in books - after the books finish, I mean. "
111 " Było to fascynujące, szczególnie sklepy z artykułami papierniczymi - na nie mogłabym patrzeć bez końca. Rose twierdzi, że to najnudniejsze sklepy na świecie, poza, być może, rzeźnikiem. (Nie rozumiem, jak można nazwać sklepy rzeźnicze "nudnymi"; są zbyt pełne okrucieństwa). "
112 " I pulled my mind off the table and stared into the dimness beyond, and then I gradually saw the servants as real people, watching us, whispering instructions to each other, exchanging glances. I noticed a girl from Godsend village and gave her a tiny wink - and wished I hadn't, because she let out a little snort of laughter and then looked in terror at the butler. "
113 " I love owls, but I wish God had made them vegetarian. "
114 " It was so nice that Simon was here for it - tell him I enjoyed every minute - ' it was glorious writing that - almost like telling him I was glad he'd kissed me. But after I'd posted the letter I was worried in case he guessed what I'd meant. "
115 " ... me daba la sensación de que alguien tan destrozado como yo debía recibir ayuda de la Iglesia. A continuación dije para mis adentros que, como no pensaba en la Iglesia cuando era feliz, difícilmente podía esperar algo cuando no lo era. No se puede cobrar el seguro sin abonar las cuotas. "
116 " It was wonderful, of course-- ham with mustard is a meal of glory. "
117 " Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to! "
118 " ...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment...That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver. "
119 " What I'd really hate would be the settled feeling, with nothing but happiness to look forward to. Of course no life is perfectly happy- Rose's children will probably get ill, the servants may be difficult, perhaps dear Mrs. Cotton will prove to be the teeniest fly in the ointment. (I should like to know what fly was originally in what ointment.) There are hundreds of worries and even sorrows that may come along, but- I think what I really mean is that Rose won't be wanting things to happen. She will want things to stay just as they are. She will never have the fun of hoping something wonderful and exciting may be just round the corner. "
120 " I was so anxious to make him believe me that I leaned towards him, across the table. He looked at me, right into my eyes. That queer, veiled expression in his -- that I fear I used to call his daft look -- was suddenly not there; there seemed to be a light in them and yet I have never seen them look so dark. And they were so direct that it was more like being touched than being looked at. It only lasted a second, but for that second he was quite a different person -- much more interesting, even a little bit exciting. "