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“There was a filmy veil of soft dull mist obscuring, but not hiding, all objects, giving them a lilac hue, for the sun had not yet fully set; a robin was singing ... The leaves were more gorgeous than ever; the first touch of frost would lay them all low to the ground. Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“The only Christian work is good work well done.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Why Work?: Discovering Real Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work. A Christian Perspective.

“the rich meadow-grass seemed that morning of a freshness and a greenness unsurpassable. Never had they noticed the roses so vivid, the willow-herb so riotous, the meadow-sweet so odorous and pervading.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

“Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something”
― Dorothy L. Sayers