Happiness is not a matter of events it depends upon the tides of the mind. – Alice Meynell
Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results we value it in the act. – Alice Meynell

Happiness is not a matter of events it depends upon the tides of the mind. – Alice Meynell
Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results we value it in the act. – Alice Meynell
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. – Alice Meynell
Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. – Alice Meynell
When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses. – Tom Ford