Mary Webb Quote

We are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood — echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil (these last reverberating through our filmiest dreams, like the sound of thunder in a blossoming orchard).


Gone to Earth (1917)


We are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood — echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil (these last reverberating...

We are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood — echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil (these last reverberating...

We are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood — echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil (these last reverberating...

We are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood — echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil (these last reverberating...