"Whose woods these are I think I..." - Quote by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.
More by Robert Frost
“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.”
“I am not a teacher. I am an awakener.”
“I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.”
More on Nature
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
“The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from a giant pine that lives for a thousand years.”
“Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing his own hemlock. A man toting a sack of blood manure across his lawn is kin to Atlas letting the world spin easy on his shoulder.”
More on Solitude
“Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.”
“It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live.”
“I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction.”