Best Countryside Words
159 Countryside quotes by 132 unique authors
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On and on they flew, over the countryside parceled out in patches of green and brown, over roads and rivers winding through the landscapes like…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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The Three Wiseman: The weather has been awful, The countryside is dreary, Marsh, jungle, rock; and echoes mock, Calling our hope unlawful; But a silly…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much…
— Dodie Smith
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What is true about a person? Would I change in the same way the river changes color but still be the same person?... And then…
— Amy Tan
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It came to me that Hyde Park has never belonged to London - that it has always been , in spirit, a stretch of countryside;…
— Dodie Smith
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And my heart beat faster for the mountains of eastern Europe, finally, beat faster for the one hope that somewhere we might find in that…
— Anne Rice
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Then the sun broke above the crest of the hills and the entire countryside looked soaked in blood, the arroyos deep in shadow, the cones…
— James Lee Burke
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And before long there will be no more milk in bottles delivered to the doorstep or sleepy rural pubs, and the countryside will be mostly…
— Bill Bryson
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It was a grey day, that least fleshly of all weathers; a day of dreams and far hopes and clear visions. It was a day…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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This whole effort to rebuild and stabilize a countryside is not without its disappointments and mistakes... What matter though these temporary growing pains when one…
— Aldo Leopold
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But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment,…
— C.S. Lewis
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On the blue summer evenings, I will go along the paths, And walk over the short grass, as I am pricked by the wheat: Daydreaming…
— Arthur Rimbaud
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There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We people…
— Guy de Maupassant
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To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.
— Sharon Kay Penman
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So,” Royce said, “you want us to escape from this prison, kidnap the king, cross the countryside with him in tow while dodging soldiers who…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl…
— Neil Gaiman
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Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences…
— C.S. Lewis
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The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.
— Khaled Hosseini
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The cities, the roads, the countryside, the people I meet - they all begin to blur. I tell myself I am searching for something. But…
— Khaled Hosseini
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We didn't speak, just drove out of the city into the countryside on our way to absolutely nowhere, and when we found that perfect spot…
— Annabel Pitcher
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A sickening howl stopped her, sucking the air out of her lungs. The night's chatter silenced, even the loitering city rats pausing to listen. Scarlet…
— Marissa Meyer
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The Little House was very happy as she sat on the hill and watched the countryside around her. She watched the sun rise in the…
— Virginia Lee Burton
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