Jean Ingelow Quotes

“When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries.”

“A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.”

“Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.”

“Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.”

“The moon looks upon many night flowers the night flowers see but one moon. ”

“Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes they turn Like marigolds toward the sunny side.”

“I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.”

“I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.”

“Lara Jean, why do you have to remember every little thing? It's not healthy.”

“When Jean and his mother left Etreuilles, Monsieur Sureau had gathered for them great boxfuls of hawthorn and of snowballs which Madame Santeuil had not the courage to refuse. But, as soon as Jean's uncle had gone home, she threw them away, saying that they already had more than enough in the way of luggage. And then Jean cried because he had been separated from the darling creatures which he would have liked to take with him to Paris, and because of his mother's naughtiness.”