“She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'...”
― The Pillars of the Earth
― The Pillars of the Earth
“With this purpose, the author chose for the subject of his story a woman named Catherine Hayes, who was burned at Tyburn, in 1726, for the deliberate murder of her husband, under very revolting circumstances. Mr. Thackeray’s aim obviously was to describe the career of this wretched woman and her associates with such fidelity to truth as to exhibit the danger and folly of investing such persons with heroic and romantic qualities.”
― Delphi Complete Works of W. M. Thackeray
― Delphi Complete Works of W. M. Thackeray
“But it is when the storm rages that we fully understand the courage the lighthouse represents. When the sea becomes a tempestuous beast, the lighthouse transforms to an urgent beacon signaling the way toward shelter, courageously defying the elements.”
― The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World
― The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World
“Signs form a language, but not the one you think you know.”
― Invisible Cities
― Invisible Cities
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