Pale purple as the bloom om a ripe plum, veined with the gold of late flowering gorse, set with small slender birches,just turning yellow,with red-berried rowans and thicket of bracken, the heath lay steeped in sunshine.
Flora ThompsonIt was still the custom of the countryside to build with local materials produced as close to the selected site as possible, for transport was difficult, even the best of country roads being more fitted for horseback traffic rather than heavy loads.
Flora ThompsonWords as to the inner emotions do not come readily to me, for I have led an isolated life mentally and spiritually.
Flora ThompsonAlas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.
Flora Thompson