Laurie Lee Quotes

I don't know what idiocies drove me in those days, but they were naive, innocent idiocies in many ways.
Laurie Lee

Days, Innocent, Ways

But our waking life, and our growing years, were for the most part spent in the kitchen, and until we married, or ran away, it was the common room we shared.
Laurie Lee

Life, Away, Married

I expected to be shot at any moment and if they had done I would have understood, that they couldn't take risks with someone foolhardy or so unpredictable.
Laurie Lee

Someone, Done, Moment

I have been sitting watching that ever since I came back, the continuous variations of light and shadow.
Laurie Lee

Light, Since, Shadow

I wanted to communicate what I had seen, so that others could see it.
Laurie Lee

Others, Wanted, Seen

It was a world that I wanted to record because it was such a miracle visitation to me.
Laurie Lee

Wanted, Miracle, Visitation

That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it.
Laurie Lee

Last, Personal, Story

We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three.
Laurie Lee

Father, Living, Road

What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry.
Laurie Lee

Life, Poetry, Country

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: June 26, 1914

Died: May 13, 1997

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