“Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that the wing covers all its extent in one pause of the flight. The sea breaks on the pale line of the shore; to the Eagle's proud glance waves run in to the foot of the hills that are like rocks planted in green water.” BookCountryRunningWaterLinesBreakSeaFeetLandRocksProudShadowGreenWingsWaveFlightHillsGiantsShorePalePausesGlancesEaglesFlingCompact Book:The Herries Chronicles Source: The Herries Chronicles
“A bibliomaniac is one to whom books are like bottles of whiskey to the inebriate, to whom anything that is between covers has an intoxicating savor.” BookBottlesWhiskey Author:Hugh Walpole
