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Bessie Parkes Belloc

  • I feel like a traveler on the banks of the Amazon who is suddenly approached by a small unknown animal, and is, if charmed and interested, yet not sure how the little animal will turn out.

    • Bessie Parkes Belloc,
    • in Marie Belloc Lowndes, I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia ()
  • I often think if mirrors could give up their dead how wonderful it would be.

    • Bessie Parkes Belloc,
    • in Marie Belloc Lowndes, I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia ()

Bessie Parkes Belloc, English writer, educator

(1829 - 1925)

Full name: Bessie Rayner Parkes Belloc.