“Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.”
— Alice Meynell
Author: Alice Meynell
Category: happiness
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Our fathers valued change for the sake
“Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act.”
— Alice Meynell
Author: Alice Meynell
Category: change
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Spirit of place! It is for this
“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
Author: Alice Meynell
Category: travel
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The sense of humor has other things
“The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.”
— Alice Meynell
Author: Alice Meynell
Category: humor
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