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All of us , I believe , carry about in our heads places and landscapes we shall never forget because we have experienced such intensity of life there :places where, like the child that 'feels its life in every limb' in

All of us , I believe , carry about in our heads places and landscapes we shall never forget because we have experienced such intensity of life there :places where, like the child that 'feels its life in every limb' in Wordsworth's poem'We are seven' ,our eyes have opened wider, and all our senses have somehow heightened.By way of returning the compliment , we accord these places that have given us such joy a special place in our memories and imaginations. They live on in us, wherever we may be, however far from them.

Roger Deakin
Memories, Children, Believe
Roger Deakin (2008). “Notes from Walnut Tree Farm”, p.242, Penguin UK

To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed.

Roger Deakin
Different, World, Woods
Roger Deakin (2009). “Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

There's more truth about a camp than a house. Planning laws need not worry the improvising builder because temporary structures are more beautiful anyway, and you don't need permission for them. There's more truth about a camp because that is the position we are in. The house represents what we ourselves would like to be on earth: permanent, rooted, here for eternity. But a camp represents the true reality of things: we're just passing through.

Roger Deakin
Beautiful, Reality, Law
"Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees".

I am a woodlander, I have sap in my veins.

Roger Deakin
Sap, Veins
Roger Deakin (2009). “Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

I need someone to fold the sheet, someone to take the other end of the sheet and walk towards me and fold once , then step back , fold and walk towards me again .We all need someone to fold the sheet.Someone to hitch on the coat at the neck .Someone to put on the kettle. Someone to dry up while I wash.

Roger Deakin
Dry Up, Needs, Coats

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