“I used to lie down on the grass and draw the blades as they grew - until every square foot of meadow, or mossy bank, became a possession to me.” UsedLyingFeetGrewDrawsPossessionGrassSquaresBladesMeadows Author:John Ruskin
“A work of art is static; and its value and its weakness lie in being so: but the tuft of grass and the clouds above it belong to our own travelling brotherhood.” ArtLyingValuesArt IsWeaknessCloudsGrassWorks Of ArtBrotherhoodStaticEvanescence Book:Perseus In The Wind: A Life of Travel Source: Perseus In The Wind: A Life of Travel
“As things stand now the feudal lords are content to look on while the shogunate carries on in a highhanded manner. Neither the lords nor the shogun can be depended upon, and so our only hope lies in grass-roots heroes.” LooksLyingLordHeroRootsGrassCarrieShoguns Author:Yoshida Shoin
“It seems hopeless, hopeless. Those who eat meat [at public expense] are a mean, selfish lot, and so the country is doomed. Our only hope lies in the grass-roots folk who eat our traditional food.” MeanCountrySeemsLyingRootsFolksSelfishTraditionalGrassMeatHopelessExpensesDoomed Author:Yoshida Shoin
“You have a life and there are these volumes on either side that go unvisited; some day soon as the world winds he will lie beneath what he now stands on, dead as those insects whose sound he no longer hears, and the grass will go on growing, wild and blind.” WorldLyingSoundSidesGrowingWindGoes OnBlindGrassVolumeInsects Book:Rabbit is Rich Source: Rabbit is Rich