William Henry Hudson Quotes

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• Bear in mind that the children of life are the children of joy; that the lower animals are only unhappy when made so by man;…
• Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of…
• There are many Green Dragons in this world of wayside inns, even as there are many White Harts, Red Lions, Silent Women and other incredible…
• Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.
• The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.
• We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as…
• A lifelong intimacy with animals has got me out of the common notion that they are automata with a slight infusion of intelligence in their…
• For here the religion that languishes in crowded cities or steals shame-faced to hide itself in dim churches, flourishes greatly, filling the soul with a…
• Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.
• I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even the hated plantain with tall…
• You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.

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