“ Tell them I came, and no one answered,That I kept my word," he said.Never the least stir made the listeners,Though every word he spakeFell echoing through the shadowiness of the still houseFrom the on… Walter de la Mare
“ God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise. Walter de la Mare
“ Fancies were all very well for a change, but must be only occasional guests in a world devoted to reality. Walter de la Mare
“ We are *all* we are, and all in a sense we care to dream we are. And for that matter, anything outlandish, bizarre, is a godsend in this rather stodgy life. It is after all just what the old boy said… Walter de la Mare
“ Science, I am told, is making great strides, experimenting, groping after things which no sane man has ever dreamed of before – without being burned alive for it. Walter de la Mare
“ That's why I've just gone on … collecting this particular kind of stuff – what you might call riff-raff. There's not a book here, Lawford, that hasn't at least a glimmer of the real thing in it – just… Walter de la Mare
“ Lear, Macbeth. Mercutio – they live on their own as it were. The newspapers are full of them, if we were only the Shakespeares to see it. Have you ever been in a Police Court? Have you ever watched tr… Walter de la Mare
“ Who said, 'All Time's delightHath she for narrow bed;Life's troubled bubble broken'? ---That's what I said. Walter de la Mare
“ When indeed you positively press your face, so to speak, against the crystalline window of your eyes, your mind is apt to become a perfect vacuum.("Out Of The Deep") Walter de la Mare
“ After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts – like a Chinese nest of boxes – oaks that were acorns that were oaks. Death lies behind us, not in front – in our ancestors, back and back until... Walter de la Mare
