Country life Quote by J.L. Carr

“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.”

— Alice Hoffman

“These were the days of fond promise, when the world was very small and there wasstill magic in it. He told them stories o…

— Iain Banks

“Spring flew swiftly by, and summer came; and if the village had been beautiful at first, it was now in the full glow and…

— Charles Dickens

“High Pasture Come up--come up: in the dim vale below The autumn mist muffles the fading trees, But on this keen hill-pasture, though the…

— Edith Wharton

“...the long blue shadows of afternoon advanced before me like cheerful ghosts of last summer's growth, dancing past the withered flower borders and the…

— Stephanie Barron

“They'd entered a clearing. A wide, green meadow in the middle of the forest. The entire space was carpeted with bluebells. Thousands upon thousands…

— Tessa Dare

“The dawn was coming then. All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces of it broke off and floated away…

— S.E. Hinton

“And there, with their gables lifting into the sunlight above deep hedgerows beautiful with spring. He saw the cottages of earthly men. Past them…

— Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany

“There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking…

— Charles Dickens

“The woods hung dark on the hills; above, the sky violet, specked with minute feathery clouds, white as snowflakes.”

— Arthur Machen

“Beautiful were the days that are gone, and O, for them to be back. The mountain was green, and proud with a good covering…

— Richard Llewellyn

“Whichever day it was, it was a gently day - mild, magical and innocent with great sailing of white cloud serene and impregnable in…

— Flann O'Brien