"The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the……" — Kenneth Grahame
"The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea."
—
Kenneth Grahame
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
59 Quotes by Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame has 59 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton,"…
-
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…
-
The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and…
-
Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the…
-
As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a…
-
The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no…
-
There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or…
See all 59 quotes by Kenneth Grahame »
More Babbling Quotes
This quote is filed under Babbling Quotes,
one of 33 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.
— Benjamin Franklin
-
At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or…
— Mike Tyson
-
We do not understand democracy in its bourgeois meaning--of babbling, lack of discipline, anarchy. We understand democracy as the active…
— Nicolae Ceausescu
-
Failure is an inescapable part of life and a critically important part of any successful life. We learn to walk…
— Tal Ben-Shahar
-
At one year of age the child says his first intentional wordhis babbling has a purpose, and this intention is…
— Maria Montessori
-
In Lullabies, I wanted to capture what I remembered of the drunken babbling of unfortunate twelve-year-olds: their illusions, their ludicrously bad…
— Heather O'Neill
-
Thanks to Reagan, the insane now walk among us babbling about Starbucks and sodomite semen in this zombie apocalypse we…
— Unknown Author
-
When the world shoves you around, you just gotta stand up and shove back. It's not like somebody's gonna save…
— Zoro
-
There’s always time for babbling.
— Eoin Colfer
-
Some day there may be... machinery that needs but to be wound up and sent roaming o'er hill and dale,…
— Edward Steichen
-
If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.
— Robert Breault
-
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you…
— Johannes Tauler
See all 33 Babbling Quotes »