‘…like that star of the waning summer who beyond all stars rises bathed in the ocean stream to glitter in brilliance.’ – Homer, The Iliad One of my favourite exhibits in the British Museum, a first century AD silver cup called The Warren Cup…
‘And let thy feet millenniums hence be set in the midst of knowledge’ – Tennyson
‘And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul’ – John Muir
‘A great whispering noise began to rise in the woods on either side of the tracks, as if the forest had just noticed we were there and was commenting on it.’ – Stephen King, The Body
‘Back seat drivers don’t know the feel of the wheel but they sho’ know how to make a fuss’ – Bob Dylan/Bonnie Raitt, Let’s Keep It Between Us
‘Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection.’ – Ernest Hemingway
‘Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.’ – Dan Gable
‘Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!’ – Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
‘Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see’ – Irving Berlin, Blue Skies
‘Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.’ – Anaïs Nin Given out prior to today’s Tiger Streak for ZSL London Zoo…
