“Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye of the philosopher, the curve drawn on a paper two inches long, is just as magnificent, just as symbolic of divine mysteries and melodies, as when embodied in the span of some cathedral roof.” LongTwoEyeFormMysteryDivinePaperSizePhilosopherArchitectureMelodyInchesRoofMagnificentCurvesSymbolicGrandeurCathedrals Book:Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time, with Other Papers Source: Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time, with Other Papers
“Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain No tapers mirrored in long palace floors, Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles, But just the common dusty wind-blown day That roofs earth's millions.” LongLightEyeEarthCommonBrainMillionsWindDrinkWindowLet MeSilentDepthWideDedicatedRoofPalacesAisle Book:Artemis to Actaeon and More: Selected Verse Source: Artemis to Actaeon and More: Selected Verse
“Judge and prosecutor had hammered it home that Lady Chatterly was an immoral woman, that she had had sexual relations before marriage, that she had committed adultery under her husband's roof; as if these charges somehow disqualified her from participation in serious literature. Indeed, there were long periods of the trial during which an outsider might well have assumed that a divorce case was being heard.” IfsWellsLongHomeMightLiteratureCasesHeardSeriousJudgingPeriodsHusbandRelationCommittedDivorceTrialsOutsidersRoofParticipationImmoralAdulteryProsecutorHammeredBefore MarriageCommitting Adultery Author:Kenneth Tynan
“If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my side There's a roof above and good walls all around You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.” IfsNeedsLongHomeHouseCausesSidesPleasureWallSettlingInstantRoofTraveledCastlesNeed YouSettling DownI Need YouCabinsDomes Author:Billy Joel