Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all! — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
“This is surely the most significant of the elements that Tolkien brought to fantasy.... his arranged marriage between the Elder Edda and… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
“It was as easy as breathing to go and have tea near the place where Jane Austen had so wittily scribbled and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I do not blench at nature red in tooth and claw... And much as I love The Wind in the Willows and… — Dick King-Smith Copy Share Image
“And you really live by the river? What a jolly life!” “By it and with it and on it and in it,”… — Kevin Fedarko Copy Share Image
"Glorious, stirring sight!" murmured Toad. . . . "The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel!… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
“And beyond the Wild Wood again?' he asked. 'Where it's all blue and dim and one sees what may be hills or… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
We did a musical called 'The Wind in the Willows Christmas' in Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. I played… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Question four: What book would you give to every child? Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
The book that meant most to me was 'The Wind in the Willows.' It sounds ridiculous, but that was my vision of… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life.” — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
I loved The Wind in the Willows. ... Walt Disney should be sued for cheapening it as he did. Imagine it, Mickey… — Tasha Tudor Copy Share Image
“A kids’ CD was playing quietly on the stereo: a scene from The Wind in the Willows. A plummy voice intoned, “There… — Jo Furniss Copy Share Image
As a child I read all kinds of stuff, whether it was 'Asterix and Obelix' and 'Tin Tin' comic books, or 'Lord… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“And Mrs. Treaclebunny has promised to speak English from now on as well. In fact, she said when she goes to England,… — Polly Horvath Copy Share Image
“One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
“Downstairs Peter Beste-Chetwynde mixed himself another brandy and soda and turned a page in Havelock Ellis, which, next to The Wind in… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. —KENNETH GRAHAME, The… — Kevin Fedarko Copy Share Image
“The Wind in the Willows Retold from the Kenneth Grahame original by Martin Woodside” — Martin Woodside Copy Share Image
