“ The villagers marked the time in two ways: before the swamp and after. What came before was good. And all that came after was not. Melanie Crowder
“ In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears… Elizabeth Gaskell
“ Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.He was famous in proverb and famous in rhymeA long while before Queen Victoria's accession.Old Deuteronomy's burie… T.S. Eliot
“ Village life gently swirled around them, with the perpetual ebb and flow of people, scurrying in every direction. The village was a living, organic entity, with blood flowing through its veins, and wi… Leonardo Donofrio
“ 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
“ Life in this village is like that of a louse hanging on to a wrinkle in a loincloth. Susumu Katsumata
