The oldest voice in the world is the wind. When you see it fitfully turning the blades of a mill lazily to draw water, you think of it as an unreliableservant of man. But in truth it is one of ourmasters, obedient only to the lord sun and thewhirling of the great globe itself.


Weather: A National Journal (p. 24), Weldon Owen Pty Ltd. Sydney, Australia. 1996

Donald Culross Peattie Quotes

The oldest voice in the world is the wind. When you see it fitfully turning the blades of a mill lazily to draw water, you think of it as an...

The oldest voice in the world is the wind. When you see it fitfully turning the blades of a mill lazily to draw water, you think of it as an...

The oldest voice in the world is the wind. When you see it fitfully turning the blades of a mill lazily to draw water, you think of it as an...

The oldest voice in the world is the wind. When you see it fitfully turning the blades of a mill lazily to draw water, you think of it as an...