"There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm."

“Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.”

Source : David Grayson, Ray Stannard Baker (1942). “Under My Elm: Country Discoveries and Reflections”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran

“While travelling near Tampa, Florida I passed the "Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall" and was struck by the fact that that must be where they make them.”

“I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.”

Source : Elena Ferrante (2005). “The Days of Abandonment”, p.64, Penguin

“There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory.”

“I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.”

Source : Alexander Smith (2012). “Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.221, tredition

“During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.”

“Never build after you are five and forty; have five years' income in hand before you lay a brick; and always calculate the expense at double the estimate.”

“We must be willing to say what the Bible says.”