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title: "1 Brook Quotes By Opal Whiteley"
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> [By the wood-shed is a brook. It goes singing on. Its joy-song does sing in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/by-the-wood-shed-is-a-brook-it-goes-singing-on-its-joy-song-does-sing/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

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## More by Opal Whiteley

> [And this I have learned grown-ups do not know the language of shadows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/and-this-i-have-learned-grown-ups-do-not-know-the-language-of-shadows/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [I like to sing when I have works to do - it does so help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/i-like-to-sing-when-i-have-works-to-do-it-does-so-help/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [“I had sees there was joy-lights in her eyes and the looks he looked at her was like the looks the young husband of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/i-had-sees-there-was-joy-lights-in-her-eyes-and-the-looks-he-looked/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [By the wood-shed is a brook. It goes singing on. Its joy-song does sing in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/by-the-wood-shed-is-a-brook-it-goes-singing-on-its-joy-song-does-sing/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [The matter of making christening robes for caterpillars, it is not a difficult one; the difficulty is to get a frisky caterpillar to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/the-matter-of-making-christening-robes-for-caterpillars-it-is-not-a/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [Potatoes are very interesting folks. I think they must see a lot of what is going on in the earth - they have so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/potatoes-are-very-interesting-folks-i-think-they-must-see-a-lot-of/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [“He is a most strong man. He put his arms around the penseé girl and he most lifted her off the ground. He did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/he-is-a-most-strong-man-he-put-his-arms-around-the-pense-girl-and-he/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [It is such a comfort to nestle up to Michael Angelo Sanzio Raphael when one is in trouble. He is such a grand tree.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/it-is-such-a-comfort-to-nestle-up-to-michael-angelo-sanzio-raphael/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [“In Man's heart is a little room. He has named it Oblivion. And things are ranged along its walls That he does not wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/in-man-s-heart-is-a-little-room-he-has-named-it-oblivion-and-things/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [The wind comes creeping, it calls to me to come go exploring. It sings of the things that are to be found under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/the-wind-comes-creeping-it-calls-to-me-to-come-go-exploring-it-sings/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [“When I grow up, I am going to write for children — and grownups that haven't grown up too much — all the earth-songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/when-i-grow-up-i-am-going-to-write-for-children-and-grownups-that/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all their growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/and-all-the-times-i-was-picking-up-potatoes-i-did-have-conversations/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

> [When one does look up at the grand trees growing up almost to the sky, one does always have longings to pray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-whiteley/when-one-does-look-up-at-the-grand-trees-growing-up-almost-to-the-sky/)

[Opal Whiteley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-whiteley/)

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