When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his hammer is dead or muffled and is heard but a few yards. It is only upon dry, seasoned timber, freed of its bark, that he beats his reveille to spring and wooes his mate. John Burroughs
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  1. Sound and light are two different things, But it's more than just that, isn't it? - Eniitan Akinola

  2. It's the sound of the sea that makes you believe in mermaids. - Anthony T.Hincks

  3. The stillness of the waters is only drowned out by the sound of your heartbeat. - Anthony T. Hincks

  4. I may be deaf to the sounds of the world, but you have shown me how I can hear by seeing the color in your smile and feeling the touch of your hand in mine. - Anthony T. Hincks

  5. Without sound, There would be no music. And without music, There would be no life. And without a life force, There would be no matter. But it does not matter -Because what is matter, If there is no light? - Suzy Kassem

More Quotes By John Burroughs
  1. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.

  2. I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

  3. The secret of happiness is something to do

  4. One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

  5. To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

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