Country things are the necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization. To live permanently away from the country is a form of slow death.

Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books-they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.

It is only after a fair portion of one's life that one really knows what are the things that matter, the things that will remain until the end.

Always, our eyes look backwards with the conviction that then, and not now, was the golden age.

A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing.

There is nothing in nature quite so joyful as the very young and silly lamb - odd that it should develop into that dull and sober animal the sheep.

A horse, if he happens to have a contemptuous disposition, can sneer very effectively.

It is so often the odd, the unexpected, the apparently trifling, that stamps itself upon the memory for ever, while much more memorable things pass away like a breath of wind.

Youthful days are longer than those of later years, as we all learn as we grow older.

Happiness is a state of activity.

Nothing matches a Sailor's kiss coming back home where he belongs

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

We are human. Some days are harder than others. One day something will upset me more than it would have the day before.

The essence of the game is not "fun," but the soul-satisfying awareness that comes from communal work and sacrifice.

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.

Love is the only passion which suffers neither past nor future.

The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society.

I've always had individual friends, but I didn't find the people I wanted to learn from as an adult until my midtwenties.

You bit me? (Stryker) We use what we have. (Zephyra) That’s such a girl move. (Stryker) But it works. Maybe if you fought like a girl and not a stunted baboon, you’d actually win. (Zephyra)