“My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.” MenFatherDealsStonesFarmsSheepQuarry Author:PJ Harvey
“The stone in quarries is found to be of different and unlike qualities. In some it is soft, in others it is medium, in still others it is hard as in lava quarries. There are also numerous other kinds: for instance, in Campania, red and black tufas; in Umbria, Picenum, and Venetia, white tufa which can be cut with a toothed saw like wood.” KindStillsDifferentHardFoundBlackWhiteQualitySawsCuttingRedStonesWoodsMediumsInstanceLavaQuarryUmbriaRed And Black Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“All these soft kinds [of stone] have the advantage that they can be easily worked as soon as they have been taken from the quarries. Under cover, they play their part well; but in open and exposed situations the frost and rime make them crumble, and they go to pieces. On the seacoast, too, the salt eats away and dissolves them, nor can they stand great heat either.” WellsKindHas BeensPlaySituationTakenPiecesAdvantageStonesHeatExposedSaltFrostQuarry Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“West Africa today is just a quarry of paving stones for Hell, and those stones were cemented in place with” TodayHellStonesWestWest AfricaQuarryPaving Author:Mary Kingsley
“Me, I was still in the pygmy hippo in a skirt, singing lusty songs about Solomon's private life and a giant stone back and forth through the air as I climbed out of the quarry at the edge of the site.” StillsSongAirSingingStonesEdgesGiantsSitePrivate LifeBack And ForthSkirtsSolomonHippoQuarry Book:The Ring of Solomon Source: The Ring of Solomon