#216: Greyfriars Bobby
‘Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.’ – Roger A. Caras A statue of the famous dog that I saw on a trip to Edinburgh roughly this time last year…
‘Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.’ – Roger A. Caras A statue of the famous dog that I saw on a trip to Edinburgh roughly this time last year…
‘I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them…I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage.’ – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
‘The idea of a slow approach to the luxury of leisure drove him wild.’ – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
‘She wore ribbons in her black hair and clung to her dreams’ – Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County
‘If I had wings I would fly, I’d soar on high where only eagles dare’ – Michelle Horst, Wake Me Up
‘To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift.’ – Franklin D. Roosevelt
‘How did it get so late so soon?’ – Dr Seuss
‘The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.’ – Julia Child
‘Take my hand and… feel the sand beneath your aimless feet towards the sparkling waves’ – Munia Khan
‘She was not one for emptying her face of expression.’ – J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey