“the feet should have more of the acquaintance of earth, and know more of flowers, freshness, cool brooks, wild thyme, and salt sand than does anything else about us. ... It is only the entirely unshod that have lively feet.” KnowsShouldDoeEarthFeetFlowerShould HaveSandSaltAcquaintanceLivelyBrooksFreshnessThyme Book:The Essential Alice Meynell Collection Source: The Essential Alice Meynell Collection
“Assuredly it would be a pity if laughter should ever become, like rhetoric and the arts, a habit.” IfsShouldArtWould BeHabitLaughterPityRhetoric Book:Essays Source: Essays
“Now, in our opinion no author should be blamed for obscurity, nor should any pains be grudged in the effort to understand him, provided that he has done his best to be intelligible. Difficult thoughts are quite distinct from difficult words. Difficulty of thought is the very heart of poetry.” ShouldHeartDonePainDifficultEffortOpinionDifficultyObscurity Author:Alice Meynell
“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 is the best part of the figure and the best leg is the man s. Man should no longer disguise the long lines, the strong forms, in those lengths of piping or tubing that are of all garments the most stupid.” MenShouldLongFormStrongLinesFashionStupidFiguresHe ManDressesSakeLegsLengthDisguiseGarmentsLong LinesTubing Author:Alice Meynell
