Dodie Smith Quotes
Perhaps it would really be rather dull to be married and settled for life. Liar! It would be heaven.
Smith, Dodie. I Capture the Castle. Little, Brown and Company, 1948.
He was one of only 4 Republicans who voted to allow gay marriage when it was a major plank in the Republican Party Platform to oppose single sex marriage. Before the vote, opponents, including most of his fellow Republicans, had all warned of dire consequences if gay marriage were legalized. Essentially, when the law was passed, it was very meaningful for gay couples, but there was no change for most others. The status quo remained. Hence, his comment to all who warned of consequences.
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English children's novelist and playwright, known best for the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include I Capture the Castle (1948), 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 adapted into a 2003 movie version. 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).
