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Kenneth Grahame quotes: As one by one the scents and sounds and names of long-forgotten places come gradually back and beckon to us. As one by one the scents and sounds and names of long-forgotten places come gradually back and beckon to us.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that they are so sadly to seek. As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that they are so sadly to seek.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wide World,' said the Rat. 'And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or me. Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wide World,' said the Rat. 'And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or me.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Such a rich chapter it had been, when one came to look back on it all! With illustrations so numerous and so very highly coloured! Such a rich chapter it had been, when one came to look back on it all! With illustrations so numerous and so very highly coloured!
Kenneth Grahame quotes: It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable. It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Good, bad, and indifferent - It takes all sorts to make a world. Good, bad, and indifferent - It takes all sorts to make a world.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: I'm such a clever Toad. I'm such a clever Toad.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Time, the destroyer of all things beautiful, Time, the destroyer of all things beautiful,
Kenneth Grahame quotes: He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple. He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: you look down flights of stone steps, overhung by great pink tufts of valerian and you look down flights of stone steps, overhung by great pink tufts of valerian and
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Footprints in the snow have been unfailing provokers of sentiment ever since snow was first a white wonder in this drab-coloured world of ours. Footprints in the snow have been unfailing provokers of sentiment ever since snow was first a white wonder in this drab-coloured world of ours.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Don't, for goodness' sake, keep on saying 'Don't'; I hear so much of it, and it's monotonous, and makes me tired. Don't, for goodness' sake, keep on saying 'Don't'; I hear so much of it, and it's monotonous, and makes me tired.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Thank you kindly, dear Mole, for all your pains and trouble tonight, and especially for your cleverness this morning!' The Thank you kindly, dear Mole, for all your pains and trouble tonight, and especially for your cleverness this morning!' The
Kenneth Grahame quotes: The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it. The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: It was perhaps the most conceited song that any animal ever composed. 'The world has held great Heroes, It was perhaps the most conceited song that any animal ever composed. 'The world has held great Heroes,
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Hidden places, which had been mysterious mines for exploration in leafy summer, now exposed themselves and their secrets pathetically, Hidden places, which had been mysterious mines for exploration in leafy summer, now exposed themselves and their secrets pathetically,
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Thence, even as he gazed, a tiny column of smoke rose straight up into the still air. Thence, even as he gazed, a tiny column of smoke rose straight up into the still air.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do. Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working. After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow. It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Dream-canals and heard a phantom song pealing high between vaporous grey wave-lapped walls. Dream-canals and heard a phantom song pealing high between vaporous grey wave-lapped walls.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Toad's ancestral home, won back by matchless valour, consummate strategy, and a proper handling of sticks. Toad's ancestral home, won back by matchless valour, consummate strategy, and a proper handling of sticks.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: What is the meaning of this gross outrage? What is the meaning of this gross outrage?
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Stopped rowing as the liquid run of that glad piping broke on him like a wave, caught him up, and possessed him utterly. Stopped rowing as the liquid run of that glad piping broke on him like a wave, caught him up, and possessed him utterly.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: But the wind playing in the reeds and rushes and osiers. But the wind playing in the reeds and rushes and osiers.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life. An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight ... Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight ...
Kenneth Grahame quotes: and a barge that sailed into the banqueting-hall with his week's washing, just as he was giving a dinner-party; and he was and a barge that sailed into the banqueting-hall with his week's washing, just as he was giving a dinner-party; and he was
Kenneth Grahame quotes: 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. 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.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: SONG. . . . BY TOAD. (Composed by himself.) OTHER COMPOSITIONS. BY TOAD will be sung in the course of the evening by the. . . COMPOSER. SONG. . . . BY TOAD. (Composed by himself.) OTHER COMPOSITIONS. BY TOAD will be sung in the course of the evening by the. . . COMPOSER.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Packing the basket was not quite such pleasant work as unpacking the basket. It never is. Packing the basket was not quite such pleasant work as unpacking the basket. It never is.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: The river , corrected the Rat, It's my world ... What it hasn't got is not worth having ... The river , corrected the Rat, It's my world ... What it hasn't got is not worth having ...
Kenneth Grahame quotes: And let each one of the crowd try and shout it very loud, In honour of an animal of whom you're justly proud, For it's Toad's - great - day! And let each one of the crowd try and shout it very loud, In honour of an animal of whom you're justly proud, For it's Toad's - great - day!
Kenneth Grahame quotes: the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working. He the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working. He
Kenneth Grahame quotes: This is fine!" he said to himself. "This is better than whitewashing! This is fine!" he said to himself. "This is better than whitewashing!
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings. Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Hooray!' he cried, jumping up on seeing them, 'this is splendid! Hooray!' he cried, jumping up on seeing them, 'this is splendid!
Kenneth Grahame quotes: and I shall keep a pony-chaise to jog about the country in, just as I used to in the good old days, before I got restless, and and I shall keep a pony-chaise to jog about the country in, just as I used to in the good old days, before I got restless, and
Kenneth Grahame quotes: I'm going to make an animal out of you, my boy! I'm going to make an animal out of you, my boy!
Kenneth Grahame quotes: This is the end of everything' (he said), 'at least it is the end of the career of Toad, which is the same thing; the popular This is the end of everything' (he said), 'at least it is the end of the career of Toad, which is the same thing; the popular
Kenneth Grahame quotes: The boat struck the bank full tilt. The dreamer, the joyous oarsman, lay on his back at the bottom of the boat, his heels in the air. The boat struck the bank full tilt. The dreamer, the joyous oarsman, lay on his back at the bottom of the boat, his heels in the air.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: was absorbed and deaf to the world; alternately scribbling and sucking the top of his pencil. It was absorbed and deaf to the world; alternately scribbling and sucking the top of his pencil. It
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself, Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself,
Kenneth Grahame quotes: One member of the company was still awaited; the shepherd-boy for the nymphs to woo, the knight for whom the ladies waited at the window, One member of the company was still awaited; the shepherd-boy for the nymphs to woo, the knight for whom the ladies waited at the window,
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Supper was finished at last, and each animal felt that his skin was now as tight as was decently safe. Supper was finished at last, and each animal felt that his skin was now as tight as was decently safe.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash! You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash!
Kenneth Grahame quotes: They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls. They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad. The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing. It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Come along inside ... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place. Come along inside ... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: There seemed to be no end to this wood, and no beginning, and no difference in it, and, worse of all, no way out There seemed to be no end to this wood, and no beginning, and no difference in it, and, worse of all, no way out
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Neither had any desire for talk; the glow and glory of existing on this perfect morning were satisfaction full and sufficient Neither had any desire for talk; the glow and glory of existing on this perfect morning were satisfaction full and sufficient
Kenneth Grahame quotes: Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing. Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: The motor-car went Poop-poop-poop, As it raced along the road. Who was it steered it into a pond? Ingenious Mr. Toad! The motor-car went Poop-poop-poop, As it raced along the road. Who was it steered it into a pond? Ingenious Mr. Toad!
Kenneth Grahame quotes: For my life, I confess to you, feels to me today somewhat narrow and circumscribed. For my life, I confess to you, feels to me today somewhat narrow and circumscribed.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: The stoats are on guard, at every point, and they make the best sentinels in the world. The stoats are on guard, at every point, and they make the best sentinels in the world.
Kenneth Grahame quotes: while a picked body of Toads, known at the Die-hards, or the Death-or-Glory Toads, will storm the orchard and carry everything before while a picked body of Toads, known at the Die-hards, or the Death-or-Glory Toads, will storm the orchard and carry everything before

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