I remember my daughter Deni coming along, and she was so pure and caring of everybody and everything. And somehow, this little being managed to get around all the obstacles - the gun turrets, the walls, the moats, the sentries - that were wrapped around my heart. My heart at that time needed her ... I think it's the best thing going, parenthood.
- Woody Harrelson
source: "Woody Harrelson: What I've Learned" by Ryan D'agostino, www.esquire.com. December 19, 2008.
topic: Fathers Day, Daughter, Wall, Moats, Turrets
Tis a morning pure and sweet, And a dewy splendour falls On the little flower that clings To the turrets and the walls; 'Tis a morning pure and sweet, And the light and shadow fleet; She is walking in the meadow, And the woodland echo rings; In a moment we shall meet; She is singing in the meadow, And the rivulet at her feet Ripples on in light and shadow To the ballad that she sings.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
source: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.898, Delphi Classics
topic: Sweet, Morning, Wall, Splendour, Turrets
The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned and dripped, their leaves snatched by the wind were whirled in wild circles through the towers. The clouds mouldered as they lay coiled, or shifted themselves uneasily upon the stone skyfield, sending up wreathes that drifted through the turrets and swarmed up hidden walls.
- Mervyn Peake
source: Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.161, The Overlook Press
topic: Wall, Dark, Wind, Turrets
It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel - past swirls and turrets of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of toffees in the glove compartment.
- J. K. Rowling
source: J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books
topic: Dream, Past, Clouds, Toffee, Turrets