Hillary

“The old forests are going and once they are gone we will have to wait a thousand years or more to see their like. Though nothing will be allowed such a generous measure of time to grow.”
― Annie Proulx, Barkskins

“All must pay the debt of nature.”
― Annie Proulx, Barkskins

“Oliver did not seem to understand that the only real fulfilment on this earth was to be gained through hard work. Life as a series of momentary pleasures satisfied no one. He needed to make an investment in it, an investment of himself.”
― Julian Fellowes, Belgravia

“Anne Trenchard was a practical woman, and one of her chief virtues was that she did not linger over a disaster but sought, almost immediately, to remedy what could be remedied and to accept what could not.”
― Julian Fellowes, Belgravia