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!
Kenneth GrahameRead
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the awakening and transformative power of spring, suggesting a deep yearning for change and growth.
In this quote, Kenneth Grahame captures the essence of spring as a powerful force of renewal and hope, infiltrating even the most humble of spaces. The 'spirit of divine discontent and longing' embodies a sense of restless anticipation that often accompanies the arrival of spring, inspiring both personal and environmental awakening.
Themes
SpringRenewalNatureLongingTransformation
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about embracing new beginnings, one might say, 'As Kenneth Grahame described, spring represents a time of divine discontent and longing for transformation.'
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All quotes βBut Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, but can recapture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty in it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn, and the dreamer bitterly accepts the hard, cold waking and all its penalties.
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Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It was no panic terror - indeed he felt wonderfully at peace and happy - but it was an awe that smote and held him and, without seeing, he knew it could only mean that some august presence was very, very near.
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There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
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