“I by no means advocate a practice of Christianity in isolation; all Christianity even that of the hermit-is a "social Christianity," but that is only as context, not as end. The Church is in society because men are in society, but the end of the Church is the transformation of men, not society. It is a good thing if a society and government profess genuine Christianity, if its institutions are informed by Christianity, because an example is given thereby to the men who are a part of that society; but a Christian society is not an end in itself, but simply a result of the fact that Christian men live in society”
“Glancing round to see that no one was watching, I sniffed at it. The leather binding, soft and supple, was pungent, but it was the pages that interested me. They smelt nourishing, like new-baked bread”
Source: A Tabernacle for the Sun
“...Michelangelo transformed both the practice of art and our conception of the artist's role in society.”
Source: Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces
“Duke Ercole’s condition deteriorated and he lay listening to the gentle music on his favorite clavichord. Sinking slowly, with the family gathered about his bed, Ercole beat time to the music with his hand.”
Source: The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance
“Both husband and wife looked regal and perfect for the part life had chosen for them to play.”
Source: The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance
“Lucrezia’s Borgia instincts and experience had taught her that these moments do not last long, and she lent herself to the festivities wholeheartedly.”
Source: The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance
“When any new monarch ascends his throne some changes are made due to the exigencies of the time, others merely because of different interests, beliefs, friends, and favourites.”
Source: The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance
“The marchioness would have done better to consider her immense strengths: her commanding personality, her majestic attitudes, and above all, her keen political sense would have allowed for a more even result between herself and her sister-in-law.”
Source: The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance
“The duchess approached her health, her style, and her entire presentation with all that she had learned at the far more exotic Vatican court, and the practices of her father’s homeland.”
Source: The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance
“Angela had become the spoiled monster created by a loving Lucrezia.”
Source: The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance