“ And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way. John Steinbeck
“ We was just kids, we did kid stuff. And we didn’t have things to do like people in the city. We couldn’t catch the bus to the beach or the movies or hang out in big shopping malls. We had to ride ever… Tim Winton
“ We live, all of us, in sprung rhythm. Even in cities, folk stir without knowing it to the surge in the blood that is the surge and urgency of season. In being born, we have taken seisin of the natural… G.M.W. Wemyss
“ Because I seeA rainstorm in JuneJust before the sunThe black of nightJust before the starsAnd, girl, I see your ghostJust before our dawn Laura Miller
“ Little girl, little boyIf love has a wayFill their fields with laughterAnd scatter the sun on their dayAnd if it should happen to rainMake their raindrops kissesStraight from heaven aboveThat touch th… Laura Miller
“ Townsfolk have no conception of the peace that mother nature bestows, and as long as that peace is unfound the spirit must seek to quench its thirst with ephemeral novelties. And what is more natural… Halldór Laxness
“ We need only to close our eyes and we are back on the Third Line, walking up the lane, through the yard and entering the bright, warm kitchen. We are home again. Arlene Stafford-Wilson
“ The air was fresh and crisp and had a distinct smell which was a mixture of the dried leaves on the ground and the smoke from the chimneys and the sweet ripe apples that were still clinging onto the b… Arlene Stafford-Wilson
“ Warm familiar scents drift softly from the oven,And imprint forever upon our heartsThat this is homeand that we are loved. Arlene Stafford-Wilson
“ I go from flying to drowning as I slide down the soul-deadening slippery slope I realize I’m on. I can’t breathe, can’t talk, suddenly realizing I’m an imposter. I’ve crossed the line. Wronged my girl… A.Wilding Wells
“ I know perfectly well that it is impossible, according to arithmetic and scholarly books, to live in a far valley off a handful of ewes and two low yield cows. But we live, I say. You children all liv… Halldór Laxness
“ How you live your life is up to you. You have to go out and grab the world by the horns. Rope it before it ties you down and decides for you. Sarah Reijonen
“ Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country’s well-being. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ Country life has its advantages,' he used to say. 'You sit on the veranda drinking tea and your ducklings swim on the pond, and everything smells good. . . and there are gooseberries. Anton Chekhov
“ Being in the country is like being in a dream—one doesn't quite know who one is. There is an anonymity to it all—that strange human creature that is me, one among all. Meia Geddes
“ I think it's my memory of this period that makes me fantasise about living in the country. In reality I know there would be no shops and I would kill myself. Frankie Boyle
“ The fresh and crisp air of the country reminds us that our blood surges from of the natural world and how tied we are to the sprung rhythms of earth and sky, weather and season. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Why does no one speak of the cultural advantages of the country? For example, is a well groomed, ecologically kept, sustainably fertile farm any less cultural, any less artful, than paintings of fat a… Gene Logsdon
“ That's the mark of true friends. That we might not see each other for a year but when we do it's as if we were never apart. Jane Green
