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Esther Meynell
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“It is only after living a fair portion of one's life that one really knows what are the things that matter, the things that will remain unto the end.”
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“A horse, if he happens to have a contemptuous disposition, can sneer very effectively.”
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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.”
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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 ...”
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“... youthful days are longer than those of later years, as we all learn as we grow older ...”
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“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.”
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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.”
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“Always, our eyes look backwards with the conviction that then, and not now, was the golden age.”
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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, English writer
(1890 - 1955)
Full name: Esther Moorhouse Meynell.