Richard Adams
Richard Adams
Richard George Adamsis an English novelist who is known as the author of Watership Down, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterward he completed his studies and then joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author. He is now semi-retired...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 May 1920
memories heart clouds
To come to the end of a time of anxiety and fear! To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse - that cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory! This at least is one joy that must have been known by almost every living creature.
simple thinking certain
You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple.
fear not-afraid council
They're all so much afraid of the Council that they're not afraid of anything else.
fall trying needs
We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.
people enemy warning
All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.
cutting size strange
There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you.
thinking suffering doe
I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A rabbit who does not know when a gift has made him safe is poorer than a slug, even though he may think otherwise himself.