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> [Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/grief-falls-upon-human-beings-as-the-rain-not-selecting-good-or-evil/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

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> [A kestrel can and does hover in the dead calm of summer days, when there is not the faintest breath of wind. He will, and does, hover in the still, soft atmosphere of early autumn, when the gossamer falls in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/a-kestrel-can-and-does-hover-in-the-dead-calm-of-summer-days-when/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

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## More by Richard Jefferies

> [To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/to-the-soul-there-is-no-past-and-no-future-all-is-and-will-be-ever-in/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/a-man-to-read-must-read-alone-he-may-make-extracts-he-may-work-at/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/grief-falls-upon-human-beings-as-the-rain-not-selecting-good-or-evil/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/ever-since-the-world-began-it-has-been-the-belief-of-mankind-that/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/now-is-eternity-now-is-the-immortal-life/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [The labourer's muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/the-labourer-s-muscle-is-that-of-a-cart-horse-his-motions-lumbering/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/when-even-the-most-strictly-logical-mind-looks-round-and-investigates/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/it-is-quite-true-that-women-like-courage-and-that-boldness-often-goes/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/it-would-seem-that-the-ant-works-its-way-tentatively-and-observing/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/the-impression-left-after-watching-the-motions-of-birds-is-that-of/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [The 'crownd' is still the unit, the favourite coin of the labourers, especially the elder folk. They use the word something in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/the-crownd-is-still-the-unit-the-favourite-coin-of-the-labourers/)

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> [I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/i-desire-a-greatness-of-soul-an-irradiance-of-mind-a-deeper-insight-a/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [The lover of nature has the highest art in his soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/the-lover-of-nature-has-the-highest-art-in-his-soul/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/give-me-power-of-soul-so-that-i-may-actually-effect-by-its-will-that/)

[Richard Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jefferies/)

> [It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jefferies/it-is-injurious-to-the-mind-as-well-as-to-the-body-to-be-always-in/)

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