"Cliff Swallows to Order" [1944]; Published in For the Health of the Land, J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle (eds.), 1999, p. 119.
1940s
“Do you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.”
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Peter Pan (1904)
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As quoted in Epistulae morales ad Lucilium by Seneca, Epistle XC (trans. R. M. Gummere)
Source: The Mortdecai Trilogy, Don't Point That Thing At Me (1972), Ch. 3.
“Ah me, why did they build my house by the road to the market town?”
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The Gardener http://www.spiritualbee.com/love-poems-by-tagore/ (1915)
“We're building a house of the future together.
(What would we do without you?)”
Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)
“Listen to the flute it tells you a story' A story of nostalgia and separation.”
Mahmud Tarzi, poem written in Turkey. Article by Dr. Bashir Sakhwaraz, Role of Afghan Writiers in Afghan Inependence
“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.”
Source: Time Enough for Love