Graham Swift Quotes

The Oak Was, Of Course, A Great Stealer Of The Surrounding Pasture - Its Only Value To Provide Shade For The Livestock - But It Was A Magnificent Tree. It Had Been There At Least As Long As Luxtons Had Owned The Land. To Have Removed It Would Have Been Unthinkable (as Well As A Forbidding Practical Task). It Simply Went With The Farm. No One Taking In That View For The First Time Could Have Failed To See That The Tree Was The Immovable, Natural Companion Of The Farmhouse, Or, To Put It Another Way, That So Long As The Tree Stood, So Must The Farmhouse. And No Mere Idle Visitor - Especially If They Came From A City And Saw That Tree On A Summer's Day - Could Have Avoided The Simpler Thought That It Was A Perfect Spot For A Picnic.

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