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Dancing quote

30 December 2003, 12:55 AM

I can't find my book darts, so here's another commonplace-book entry:

Dear me, dancing is peculiar when you really think about it. If a man held your hand and put his arm round your waist without its being dancing, it would be most important; in dancing, you don't even notice it—well, only a little bit.

—from I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith, p. 127 of this edition

Comments

Oh, yay! I love that book so much. Have you seen the movie version yet? I've trepidaciously netflixed it.

Posted by: Gwenda B. | December 30, 2003 8:01 PM

Nope, haven't seen the movie—in fact, I hadn't ever heard of the book or movie (though I'd heard of Dodie Smith as the author of the original book of 101 Dalmatians) until Mary Anne gave me the book a week or so ago.

It reminds me in some ways of (the movie of) Cold Comfort Farm. (I haven't read the original novel of that yet.)

Posted by: Jed | December 30, 2003 8:32 PM

Oh, you should DEFINITELY read Cold Comfort Farm next. Great book, funnier than the movie even.

I envy you reading Castle (and Cold Comfort, for that matter) for the first time, although really I'm still bitter I didn't read Castle when I was 14.

Posted by: Gwenda B. | December 30, 2003 10:49 PM

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