“In midmost of the stream, embraced in the weir's shimmering arm-spread, a small island lay anchored, fringed close with willow and silver birch and alder. Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen.” ShouldMightHoursBehindsArmsLaysSpreadChosenIslandsStreamsShySilverSignificanceVeilsReserved Book:The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition Source: The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition
“O what a flowery track lies spread before me, henceforth! What dust clouds shall spring up behind me as I speed on my reckless way! What carts I shall fling carelessly into the ditch in the wake of my magnificent onset!” WayLyingBehindsSpringCloudsTrackSpreadSpeedDustMagnificentRecklessFlingCarts Book:The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition Source: The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition
“Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! 'Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of your old life and into the new!” MomentsBehindsStepsDoorsAdventureBehind YouHeedSteps ForwardBangingIrrevocableOld LifeWind In The Willows Book:The wind in the willows Source: The wind in the willows
