Countryside Quotes

Roots that stay with you.

These countryside quotes trace a common thread: writers and dreamers shaped early by rural life, then carrying that landscape into their later work. See our Beautiful quotes for related nature themes.

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.

Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

I grew up in the countryside.

Quotes by Svetlana Alexievich

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My grandfather loved the countryside.

Quotes by Sophie Dahl

When we went to Belfast we saw some beautiful countryside and coastlines.

Quotes by Sarah Sutton

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

Quotes by Rupert Friend

I grew up in the countryside in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Quotes by Nobu Matsuhisa

I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

Quotes by Mo Yan

I was born in Paris and raised in the suburbs and then lived in the countryside.

Quotes by Marion Cotillard

I grew up in the countryside and wanted to go to Tokyo. I had Tokyo complex.

Quotes by Makoto Shinkai

Only in the English countryside could violent death remain something that is 'cosy.'

Quotes by Liz Williams

I'm just fascinated by visiting actual castles in the countryside.

Quotes by Lily Collins

Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because that's where Sherlock Holmes retired.

Quotes by Laurie R. King

Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal - almost medieval.

Quotes by Khaled Hosseini

I like the countryside. I like chopping wood. I'd like to be a carpenter.

Quotes by Julian Barratt

I was brought up in a flat in North London - virtually the last building in London, because north of us was countryside all the way to the coast, and south of us was non-stop London for 20 miles.

Quotes by Jim Crace

I'm certainly not squeamish at all. The countryside makes you very aware of birth and death.

Quotes by Jessica Raine

I grew up in the English countryside, raising ducks and chickens.

Quotes by Jessica Henwick

I was one of the many kids in Northern Ireland who grew up in the countryside and had an idyllic childhood well away from the Troubles.

Quotes by James Nesbitt

I grew up in the countryside, so I had quite a feral life up until the age of about fourteen.

Quotes by James Norton

I grew up in the countryside, in literally the middle of nowhere. We had one neighbor and a lot of sheep.

Quotes by Georgia King

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