“Tender, too, is the silence of human feet. You have but to pass a season amongst the barefooted to find that man, who, shod, makes so much ado, is naturally as silent as snow.” MenHumansSilenceFeetSeasonsSilentSnow Book:The Essential Alice Meynell Collection Source: The Essential Alice Meynell Collection
“I have known some grim bells, with not a single joyous note in the whole peal, so forced to hurry for a human festival, with their harshness made light of, as though the Bishop of Hereford had again been forced to dance in his boots by a merry highwayman.” HumansMadeWholeLightSoundKnownNotesBootsBellsFestivalsJoyousMerryBishopsGrimHarshnessHighwaymen Book:The Essential Alice Meynell Collection Source: The Essential Alice Meynell Collection
“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.” IfsHumansLooksEyeLonelinessCrowdsFamiliarPerpetualHuman Eyes Book:The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays Source: The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
