51 Quotes by Richard Jefferies

If every plant and flower were found in all places, the charm of locality would not exist. Everything varies, and that gives the interest.

Every woman likes her own way, but no woman can endure to see another woman master even over a man who does not concern her.

I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.

Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will.

Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.

Many labourers can trace their descent from farmers or well-to-do people, and it is not uncommon to find here and there a man who believes that he is entitled to a large property in Chancery, or elsewhere, as the heir.

There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their assistance.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.