All Alice Meynell Quotes
- Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen… Abide
- The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. Act
- If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look that is the sign of… Crowds
- The true colour of life is the colour of the body, the colour of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the… Blood
- Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act. Act
- We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies. A shining cloud is one… All
- Let us turn to our own childhoods-no further-if we will renew our sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change. Change
- I come from nothing: but from where come the undying thoughts I bear? Bear
- A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to… Adding
- It is principally for the sake of the leg that a change in the dress of man is so much to be desired. The leg… All
- It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature. Easy
- She walks--the lady of my delight-- A sheperdess of sheep. Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white; She guards them from the steep. She… Delight
- Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. Balance
- There is nothing in the world more peaceful than apple - leaves with an early moon. Apple
- Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of… Change
- The true color of life is the color of the body, the color of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the… Blood