"A kestrel can and does hover in the……" — Richard Jefferies
"A kestrel can and does hover in the dead calm of summer days, when there is not the faintest breath of wind. He will, and does, hover in the still, soft atmosphere of early autumn, when the gossamer falls in showers, coming straight down as if it were raining silk."
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Richard Jefferies
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40 Quotes by Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies has 40 quotes on this site.
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I have observed that almost all those whose labour lies in the field, and who go down to their business…
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I must stay under the old tree in the midst of the long grass, the luxury of the leaves, and…
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O beautiful human life! Tears come to my eyes as I think of it. So beautiful, so inexpressibly beautiful! The…
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It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always…
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An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the…
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I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.
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Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.
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The heart looks into space to be away from earth.
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That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.
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I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost…
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Look at another person while living; the soul is not visible, only the body which it animates. Therefore, merely because…
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Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
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When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes.…
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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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