Quotes

Here Nature is unapproachable with her green, airy canopy, a sun-impregnated cloud--cloud above cloud; and though the highest may be unreached by the eye, the beams yet filter through, illuming the wide spaces beneath--chamber succeeded by chamber, each with its own special lights and shadows. ~ Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers--a living prismatic gem that changes its colour with every change of position. ~ Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson "Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." ~ The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea. ~ The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame "It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the same fellow. Always good-tempered, always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!" ~ The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past--they never do; they're too busy. ~ The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame "I've always thought my flowers had souls." ~ Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray If success is rare and slow, everybody knows how quick and easy ruin is. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray