Esther Meynell Quotes

• Country things are the necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization. To live permanently away from the country is a form of slow death.

  Esther Meynell

  Country, Civilization, Roots

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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• Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books-they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.

  Esther Meynell

  Dream, Children, Book

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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• A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing.

  Esther Meynell

  Home, Garden, Simplicity

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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• It is only after a fair portion of one's life that one really knows what are the things that matter, the things that will remain until the end.

  Esther Meynell

  Past, Matter, Ends

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• There is nothing in nature quite so joyful as the very young and silly lamb - odd that it should develop into that dull and sober animal the sheep.

  Esther Meynell

  Silly, Animal, Sheep

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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• A horse, if he happens to have a contemptuous disposition, can sneer very effectively.

  Esther Meynell

  Horse, Disposition, Contemptuous

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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• Always, our eyes look backwards with the conviction that then, and not now, was the golden age.

  Esther Meynell

  Eye, Past, Age

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• It is so often the odd, the unexpected, the apparently trifling, that stamps itself upon the memory for ever, while much more memorable things pass away like a breath of wind.

  Esther Meynell

  Memories, Memorable, Wind

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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• Youthful days are longer than those of later years, as we all learn as we grow older.

  Esther Meynell

  Time, Years, Grows

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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