Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Dorothy Cottrell

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Last updated on October 18, 2024.

Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell was an Australian writer. Born in Picton, she contracted infantile paralysis as a child and spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Her first novel, The Singing Gold, was published in 1928. She wrote a story Wilderness Orphan (1936) which was the basis for the feature film Orphan of the Wilderness (1936). She lived for a time in the US and also worked as an artist and cartoonist.

Australian - Writer | 1902 - 1957

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I also discovered that I was a poet. From the standpoint of one's family this is probably a regrettable discovery.

Dorothy Cottrell

If you are going to do something that will annoy people, tell them about it afterwards; then they will only be annoyed that you have done it, and won't have all the exasperation of trying to stop you.

Dorothy Cottrell

I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was made about them. I had, for instance, early discovered that, if you gave a baby a finger to hold, it held it. This was perhaps interesting, but it wanted greatly in the dear element of surprise.

Dorothy Cottrell

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Dorothy Cottrell

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