"I am for the woods against the world, But are the woods for me?"

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Source : 'The Kiss' (1931)

Edmund Blunden

#World Quotes #Woods Quotes

“We know one another. This is the present. There is no past and no future. Here I am washing my hands, and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass.”
“Hidden in the hollow Of His blessed hand, Never foe can follow, Never traitor stand; Not a surge of worry, Not a shade of care, Not a blast of hurry Touch the Spirit there.”

Source : Frances Ridley Havergal, Maria Vernon Graham Havergal, Frances Anna Shaw (1888). “Poetical Works”
“I've cooked just about everything really.”
“I do no think human beings ever came through such a month as we haveâ€¦We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.”

Source : Robert Falcon Scott, Leonard Huxley (1913). “Scott's Last Expedition ...: Vol. I. Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R. N., C. V. O. Vol II. Being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley; with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham ... With Photogravure Frontispieces, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 Full Page and Smaller Illustrations from Photographs Taken by Herbert C. Ponting and Other Members of the Expedition, Panoramas and Maps ...”
“Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.”
“For many of us, conversion is an ongoing process and not a onetime event that results from a powerful or dramatic experience. Line upon line and precept upon precept, gradually and almost imperceptibly, our motives, our thoughts, our words, and our deeds become aligned with the will of God. Conversion unto the Lord requires both persistence and patience.”
“Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low.”
“But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.”

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