Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right.
Flora Thompsonhappiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.
Flora ThompsonIt is the fashion to talk of our changing climate and bewail the hot summers and hard winters of tradition, but how seldom we pause to marvel at the remarkable constancy of the weather from year to year.
Flora ThompsonManner and morals have improved, improved wages and world travel during the war have had effect, and the farm labourer now is an intelligent, self respecting workman, on a level at least with the town artisan. The village rustic of the past no longer exists outside of the comic papers.
Flora Thompson