{"id":5263,"date":"2017-11-11T11:02:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2017-11-11T11:02:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T18:02:24","slug":"messing-about-in-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/messing-about-in-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"Messing About in Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1741.jpg\" alt=\" The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1741.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1741-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1741-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING&#8211;absolutely nothing&#8211;half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Wind%20in%20the%20Willows\">The Wind in the Willows<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Kenneth%20Grahame\">Kenneth Grahame<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 75%;\">Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/x_gyAYzyeQA?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Niessl<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Believe me, my young friend, there is 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