Stella Benson
Stella Benson
Stella Bensonwas an English feminist, novelist, poet, and travel writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
men sea sky
The sun was like a word written between the sea and the sky, a word that was swallowed up by the sea before any man had time to read it.
sometimes posing pretense
Sometimes I pose, but sometimes I pose as posing.
dream air clouds
There are some people who can never see a little cloud of fantasy float across the horizon of their dreams without building a heavy castle in the air upon it, and bringing it to earth.
fall men race
Cows in India occupy the same position in society as women did in England before they got the vote. Woman was revered but not encouraged. Her life was one long obstacle race owing to the anxiety of man to put pedestals at her feet. While she was falling over the pedestals she was soothingly told that she must occupy a Place Apart - and indeed, so far Apart did her place prove to be that it was practically out of earshot. The cow in India finds her position equally lofty and tiresome. You practically never see a happy cow in India.
alive stranger cursed
Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.