--- title: "1 Unease Heart Quotes By A. L. Rowse" description: "1 Unease Heart quotes by A. L. Rowse. Plus more from A. L. Rowse and more Unease Heart sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/a-l-rowse-45705_apples_a-little-group-of-thatched-cottages-in-t_1458192.jpg" --- > [A little group of thatched cottages in the middle of the village had an orchard attached; and I remember well the peculiar purity of the blue sky seen through the white clusters of apple blossom in spring. I remember being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/a-little-group-of-thatched-cottages-in-the-middle-of-the-village-had/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/a-l-rowse-45705_apples_a-little-group-of-thatched-cottages-in-t_1458192.jpg) ## More by A. L. Rowse > [One might regard architecture as history arrested in stone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/one-might-regard-architecture-as-history-arrested-in-stone/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [Walking is the favorite sport of the good and wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/walking-is-the-favorite-sport-of-the-good-and-wise/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [A little group of thatched cottages in the middle of the village had an orchard attached; and I remember well the peculiar purity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/a-little-group-of-thatched-cottages-in-the-middle-of-the-village-had/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [“When you consider the superstitions and the imaginings of the old Cornish country-folk up to my grandmother's day, how their lives were swaddled in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/when-you-consider-the-superstitions-and-the-imaginings-of-the-old/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [I would never wound a cat's feelings, no matter how downright aggressive I might be to humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/i-would-never-wound-a-cat-s-feelings-no-matter-how-downright/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [I do not wish to die- There is such contingent beauty in life: The open window on summer mornings Looking out on gardens and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/i-do-not-wish-to-die-there-is-such-contingent-beauty-in-life-the-open/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/bound-as-our-lives-are-to-the-tyranny-of-time-it-is-through-what-we/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [If there is any honor in all the world that I should like, it would be to be an honorary Jewish citizen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/if-there-is-any-honor-in-all-the-world-that-i-should-like-it-would-be/) [A. L. Rowse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-rowse/) > [History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-rowse/history-is-a-great-deal-closer-to-poetry-than-is-generally-realised/) [A. L. 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