"I thought how true it was that the world was a delightful place if it were not for the people, and how more than true it was that people were not worth troubling about, and that wise men should set th..."
- Katherine Mansfield
"You know (to adopt the easy or conversational style) that you and I belong to a happy minority. We are the sons of the hunters and the wandering singers, and from our boyhood nothing ever gave us grea..."
- Hilaire Belloc
"Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond dust took over which veiled and yet magnified all things"
- Laurie Lee
"How lucky country children are in these natural delights that lie ready to their hand! Every season and every plant offers changing joys. As they meander along the lane that leads to our school all ki..."
- Miss Read
"It's not like you can just stop loving someone overnight"
- Abby Clements
"But sometimes even people who care about each other need some time apart."
"You should enjoy the freedom. Sometimes a bit of time helps you see what matters."
"Sometimes in life you just have to take a leap of faith."
"Hurt can make you blind to the truth"
"The Sussex lanes were very lovely in the autumn . . . spendthrift gold and glory of the year-end . . . earth scents and the sky winds and all the magic of the countryside which is ordained for the hea..."
- Monica Baldwin