The fresh and crisp air of the country reminds us that our blood surges from of the natural world and how tied we are to the sprung rhythms of earth and sky, weather and season. 

- Kilry J. Oldster

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of the quiet life stimulates the creative mind. 

- Albert Einstein

It feels strange to be home, as if I am now just a visitor to the land that I love, no longer really a part of it.   I understand for the first time that our sense of belonging is all about participation.  We belong because we are part of the work of this place.

- James Rebanks

We are adept, if occasionally enmbarrassed, at saying what we make of places - but we are far less good at saying what places make of us.....

- Robert Macfarlane