Kenneth Grahame Quotes

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• The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton," he remarked approvingly. "Sensible Mole!…
• Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.
• A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in…
• The River... 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…
• Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no…
• 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…
• You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash!
• The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week, easily, lazily, lingering as long…
• Weasels--and stoats--and foxes--and so on. They're all right in a way--I'm very good friends with them--pass the time of day when we meet, and all…
• 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…
• The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no names. It takes all sorts…
• There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't…
• Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it…
• Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've…
• Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place.
• The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and,…
• Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
• The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly,…
• Nice? It's the ONLY thing, said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING…
• Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and…

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