"People who record birdsong generally do it very early-before six o'clock-if they can. Soon after that, the invasion of distant noise in most woodland becomes too constant and too loud."

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Source : Richard Adams (2014). “Watership Down”, p.112, Oneworld Publications

Richard Adams

#People Quotes #Bird Quotes #Records Quotes

“Prayers aren't for the deity...They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe.”
“I see what I want of Love... I see horses making the meadow dance, fifty guitars sighing, and a swarm of bees suckling the wild berries, and I close my eyes until I see our shadow behind this dispossessed place... I see what I want of people: their desire to long for anything, their lateness in getting to work and their hurry to return to their folk... and their need to say: Good Morning...”
“Thou art merciful; when all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my attention, nor ever turn aside the eyes of my mind, because Thou dost enfold me with Thy constant regard; when I direct my love toward Thee alone because Thou, who art Love's self, hast turned Thee toward me alone. And what, Lord, is my life, save that embrace wherein Thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?”

Source : "The Vision of God".
“If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.”
“I've always felt that if I worked hard enough and continued to refine my craft, while staying curious about our times and our world, I just might have something to contribute.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.”
“Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.”

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