“ But these backwaters of existence sometimes breed, in their sluggish depths, strange acuities of emotion... (Afterward) Edith Wharton
“ It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become. Fennel Hudson
“ City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure. Melina Marchetta
“ There is no rural life in a countryman’s dream and there is no city life in a townsman’s dream! We often dream of the other shores, not our own shore! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses… Arthur Conan Doyle
