#castle

Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others. ↗

— David Soul

#castle #home #identity #open #others

Love is the castle, doubt is the moat, desire is the paddle and hope is the boat. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#desire #doubt #dreams #hope #life

But I wasn't happy... when I heard you two had assaulted Castle Macindaw with just thirty men,' [said Halt]. 'Thirty-three,' mumbled Horace... The Ranger gave him a withering look. 'Oh, pardon me... three more men does make a lot of difference. ↗

— John Flanagan

#halt #horace #ranger-s-apprentice #men

But neither could compare with the gargantuan natural edifice that was the mountain upon which Nachtstürm Castle rose. It was a mountain made of the darkness between two lightning bolts. It was made less of earth than Stygian frost. Whole towns fell away as they ascended, as though the ranks of black and frowning conifers waged war against the humans below. Even the path – rather narrow and rarely straight – seemed less made by centuries of pilgrim feet and more by the trace of some careless demon’s claw. It was, in fact, perfect. ↗

— Emily C.A. Snyder

#jane-austen #nachtsturm-castle #northanger-abbey #nature

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#castle #self #books

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#castles #compatible #homely #i #muse

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place. ↗

— Enya

#castle #cold #homely #huge #i

I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle. ↗

— Bill Wyman

#baby #built #castle #house #i

I have just come from the castle, where I have seen the president of the republic, and I can tell you that he has accepted all of my proposals without making any changes. ↗

— Klement Gottwald

#any #castle #changes #come #i

Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

#even #eventually #fall #into #made