Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.

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About Mary Webb

Portrait of Mary Webb

Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film...

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Not that Mrs. Marston did not feel it [when her husband died]. She did, as deeply as her nature could. But she felt it as a well-padded boy feels a whacking, through layers of convention.

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What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

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Nature was my kindergarten.

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We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

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Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

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