Bonnie

“Europe’s greatest intellectuals were as aware of his medical focus as they were of his philosophical and mathematical discoveries.”
― Russell Shorto, Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason

“Dealing in contraband, outwitting the Revenue, overcoming their greater enemy, the sea: this was everyday business to them. The abnormal was their normality.”
― Diana Norman, Taking Liberties

“The crisis is a loss of meaning, and the quest is a search for truth, for something to believe in.”
― Russell Shorto, Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason

“When she had been forced to walk away from men pleading for water, she had heard the voice of her Saviour begging for help. She would not have described herself as a particularly devout woman but she knew that if she continued to ignore such a summons she would be doing violence to her immortal soul.”
― Diana Norman, Taking Liberties