Quotes from the World for Saturday 09/21/MXIII

The trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state, when further beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.

Jane Austen
Jane Austen (1775–1817), British novelist. The narrator, in Mansfield Park, ch. 46 (1814).