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Quotes of the Week - January 17, 2012:
"Our campaign is about more than replacing a President. It is about
saving the soul of America." -- Republican Mitt Romney, US presidential
hopeful, after winning New Hampshire primary.
"Remember to look up at the stars and not down to your feet. Try
to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe
exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always
something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just
give up." -- Professor Stephen Hawking on his 70th birthday.
"American children had never seen a moving bosom before."
-- Actress Celia Imrie on the alarm caused by her low-cut dress in Nanny
McPhee.
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The Wind in the Willows Quotes, Famous Quotes Sayings from The Wind
in the Willows |
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Somehow,
it soon seemed taken for granted by all three of them that the
trip was a settled thing; and the Rat, though still unconvinced
in his mind, allowed his good-nature to over-ride his personal
objections.
The Wind in the Willows
Ch. 2. |
A
careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded
in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer.
The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was
shattered into pieces.
The Wind in the Willows
Ch. 2. |
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
Rat, Ch. 2. |
The
Mole had long wanted to make the acquaintance of the Badger.
He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage
and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt
by everybody about the place.
The Wind in the Willows
Ch. 3. |
Badger
hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort
of thing.
The Wind in the Willows
Rat, Ch. 3. |
The
whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing,
closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began
to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither.
The Wind in the Willows
Ch. 3. |
There
was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few
inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking
eyes.
The Wind in the Willows
Ch. 4. |
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
Ch. 4. |
The
Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual
lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes
all sorts to make a world.
The Wind in the Willows
Badger, Ch. 4. |
"I
see you don't understand, and I must explain it to you. Well,
very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before
ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there
was a city - a city of people, you know. Here, where we are
standing, they lived, and walked, and talked, and slept, and
carried on their business. Here they stabled their horses and
feasted, from here they rode out to fight or drove out to trade.
They were a powerful people, and rich, and great builders. They
built to last, for they thought their city would last for ever."
"But what has become of them all?" asked the Mole.
"Who can tell?" said the Badger. "People come
- they stay for a while, they flourish, they build - and they
go. It is their way. But we remain. There were badgers here,
I've been told, long before that same city ever came to be.
And now there are badgers here again. We are an enduring lot,
and we may move out for a time, but we wait, and are patient,
and back we come. And so it will ever be."
The Wind in the Willows
Ch. 4. |
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| The
Wind in the Willows, a classic of children's literature, was written
in 1908 by Scottish-born writer Kenneth Grahame. Born March 8, 1859.
Died July 6, 1932. |
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