Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Daphne du Maurier... and through it all and afterwards they would be together, making their own world where nothing mattered but the things they could give to one another, the loveliness, the silence, and the peace.
Daphne du MaurierWhy, he wondered, should he remember her suddenly, on such a day, watching the rain falling on the apple trees?
Daphne du MaurierThe urge to climb will never be explained. In olden days, perhaps it was a wish to reach the stars. Today, anyone so minded can buy a seat on a plane and feel himself master of the skies. Even so, he will not have rock under his feet, or air upon his face; nor will he know the silence that comes only on the hills.
Daphne du Maurier