Longfellow Quote by D.E. Stevenson

“Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep; And in his simple show he harbours treason.”

— William Shakespeare

“Yard after yard passed by, the berths empty, the grass growing about the sinking keel blocks. And now only the gaunt, dumb poles and…

— George Blake

“Like most policemen, Landsman sails double-hulled against tragedy, stabilized against heave and storm. It's the shallows he has to worry about, the hairline fissures,…

— Michael Chabon

“At least I could relate to Rose’s sense of adventure and Harriet Jones’ wacky determination and ingrained sense of responsibility. I can stomach the…

— Chila Woychik

“To begin with the old rigmarole of childhood. In a country there was a shire, and in that shire there was a town, and…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“They would carry their books to the woods and read aloud to one another. At picnic lunches near Cooper’s Bluff, they recited their favorite…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. Sometimes we saw little towns or…

— Bram Stoker

“Stowing the body on the roof of the cabin so that the dogs could not get at it, we entered and held a council…

— Charles Dickens

“Mr. Rushworth was eager to assure her ladyship of his acquiescence, and tried to make out something complimentary; but between his submission to her…

— Jane Austen

“On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And through the…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

“I believe, there is scarcely a young lady in the united kingdoms, who would not rather put up with the misfortune of being sought…

— Jane Austen

“Perhaps her faults and follies, the unhappiness she had suffered, were not entirely vain if she could follow the path that now she dimly…

— W. Somerset Maugham