#medieval

Most of [her ashes] fell into the river in a long gray curtain. But some was caught by the wind and blown upward toward the blue spring sky where it swirled a moment in the air, before dissolving into sunlight. ↗

— Kimberly Cutter

#christian-fiction #france #historical-fiction #history #medieval-history

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#fantasy-fiction #game-of-thrones #medieval #fantasy-fiction

Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#combination #earth #favorite #full #medieval

But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles. ↗

— Hugh Dancy

#i #medieval #particularly #period #roles

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#european #every #exciting #goes #i

The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#became #characteristic #dwelling #form #hall

A small brazier glowed near the monk's left hand. On a lecturn before him lay pots of paints, brushes, a quill, a pen, a knife, a sizeable handbell, the tooth of some animal--and a piece of parchment. It was the parchment that commanded the room. Until he saw it Len didn't realize how starved he had been of colour. Villagers dressed in various shades of brown and beige, like their furniture and fields and now, here, was an irruption of the rainbow, as if a charm of goldfinches had landed on the manuscript and been transfixed. ↗

— Diana Norman

#interesting #medieval-life #the-importance-of-art #art

Theologians and other clerks, You won't understand this book, -- However bright your wits -- If you do not meet it humbly, And in this way, Love and Faith Make you surmount Reason, for They are the protectors of Reason's house. ↗

— Marguerite Porete

#feminism #interpretation #medieval #mystic #religion

If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. To a medieval peasant, a radio would have seemed like a miracle. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#door #ever #face #investigation #like

We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#buildings #cannot #comprehend #medieval #really