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Alice Meynell quotes

English Poet September 22, 1847 – November 27, 1922

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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 living heart and the pulses. It is the modest color of the unpublished blood. Alice Meynell
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 follow will not seem to throw it further back - it is already so far. Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell quote: "Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides..."
Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. Alice Meynell
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 once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell quote: "It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time,..."
It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature. Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell quote: "Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we..."
Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act. Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell quote: "Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will..."
Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change. Alice Meynell
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 perpetual crowds. Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell quote: "The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself..."
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. Alice Meynell

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