Caroline

“Although their populations ranged only from 20 to 200 people, we may see in them the beginnings of urban life in England. The author believes that London was once just such a hill fort, but the evidence for it is now buried beneath the megalopolis it has become.”
― Peter Ackroyd, Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

“Many of the roads loosely known as ‘Roman roads’ are much more ancient; the Romans simply made use of the prehistoric paths. Modern roads have been built along the routes of these ancient lines, so that we still move in the footsteps of our ancestors.”
― Peter Ackroyd, Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

“he had kindness where other people had lungs,”
― Katherine Rundell, Rooftoppers

“He nurtured great bitterness, and his only spark of generosity was to nurture it so well that it could be shared with everyone around him.”
― Howard of Warwick, The Heretics of De'Ath