Cristobal Helfert

“We had old architects and were working with what we had on hand. You’ve hired this new, young architect now, and, Pericles, I’m going to build you a statue of Athena—all gold and ivory, think of that, Pericles—and taller than our city walls.” Pericles raised his eyes toward the birds.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“Where the smoke cleared, the crystal air, with some of the efficacy of faith, seemed to remove the mountains almost to the sea, bringing them so near that one might count the scarred glades on their wooded sides.”
― O. Henry, Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry

“the god does not speak to those who have no time to listen.”
― Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave

“The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.”
― W. Somerset Maugham