“There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London. Such was not quite the condition of "Timothy's" on the Bayswater Road, for Timothy's soul still had one foot in Timothy Forsyte's body, and Smither kept the atmosphere unchanging, of camphor and port wine and house whose windows are only opened to air it twice a day.”
“And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black.”
“Sept.17 (1780). When we call loudly thro' the speaking-trumpet to Timothy ( the tortoise), he does not seem to regard the noise. Sept.18. Timothy eats heartily. Oct.3. No ring-ouzels seen this autumn yet. Timothy very dull.”
“Ben Says: Never say you can't. Thinking...You can't will always hold you back from doing the things you can!:)Timothy PinaBullying Ben”
“Gus: There are still bears out here. Black bears who feel no kinship to black men.”