Winifred Holtby Quote

We are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we have no grounds for either congratulation or despair.


Pavements at Anderby: tales of "South riding" and other regions by Winifred Holtby (1937 edition)


We are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we...

We are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we...

We are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we...

We are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we...