Den siste entusiasten

”The open road, the dusty highway, the heath, the common, the hedgerows, the rolling downs! Camps, villages, towns, cities! Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that’s always changing!”
– Herr Padda planerar en utflykt (Kenneth Grahame, Det susar i säven, 1908).

Båtliv

”Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
– Råttan berättar för Mullvaden om innebörden av meningsfull sysselsättning (Kenneth Grahame, Det susar i säven, 1908).