“Only half a page left now. Shall I fill it with 'I love you, I love you'-- like father's page of cats on the mat? No. Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.” HeartFatherLeftHalfLove YouBrokenWastePaperPagesCatWarrantsLove You LikeI Love You Like Book:I Capture the Castle: Young Adult Edition Source: I Capture the Castle: Young Adult Edition
“He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?" He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly.” LittlesDoeSaidSometimesYoungDiesFatherMinutesUnderstoodWoodsDuesStaringVisualsCountrysideEvanescenceSaddeningEnglish Countryside Book:Stop What You’re Doing and Read…To Your Daughter: I Capture the Castle & The Secret Garden Source: Stop What You’re Doing and Read…To Your Daughter: I Capture the Castle & The Secret Garden
“And at last father flung the rug off as if it were hampering him and strode over to the table saying, 'cocoa, cocoa!'-- it might have been the most magnificent drink in the world; which, personally, I think it is.” IfsThinkingWorldHas BeensMightLastsFatherDrinkTablesMagnificentMight Have BeenCocoa Book:I Capture The Castle Source: I Capture The Castle
“Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.” BelieveWellsI CanFatherWaterDrinkHotAlcoholicsHot WaterAlcoholic Drinks Author:Dodie Smith
