Roger Deakin quotes
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“All of us , I believe , carry about in our heads places and landscapes we shall never forget because we have experienced such intensity of life there :places where, like the child that 'feels its life in every limb' in Wordsworth's poem'We are seven' ,our eyes have opened wider, and all our senses have somehow heightened.By way of returning the compliment , we accord these places that have given us such joy a special place in our memories and imaginations. They live on in us, wherever we may be, however far from them.”
-- Roger DeakinSource : Roger Deakin (2008). “Notes from Walnut Tree Farm”, p.242, Penguin UK
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“To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed.”
-- Roger DeakinSource : Roger Deakin (2009). “Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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“There's more truth about a camp than a house. Planning laws need not worry the improvising builder because temporary structures are more beautiful anyway, and you don't need permission for them. There's more truth about a camp because that is the position we are in. The house represents what we ourselves would like to be on earth: permanent, rooted, here for eternity. But a camp represents the true reality of things: we're just passing through.”
-- Roger DeakinSource : "Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees".
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“I need someone to fold the sheet, someone to take the other end of the sheet and walk towards me and fold once , then step back , fold and walk towards me again .We all need someone to fold the sheet.Someone to hitch on the coat at the neck .Someone to put on the kettle. Someone to dry up while I wash.”
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“I am a woodlander, I have sap in my veins.”
-- Roger DeakinSource : Roger Deakin (2009). “Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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“I want to have the memories of my time with you to keep me warm.”
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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Source : Joe Vitale (2010). “The Awakening Course: The Secret to Solving All Problems”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons
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