--- title: "6 Sanctum Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Sanctum quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Sanctum sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/william-hjortsberg-44418_quote_receptionist-looked-right-through-me-as_221950.jpg" --- > [“RECEPTIONIST LOOKED RIGHT through me as I crossed the carpeted lobby between glass-cased tanker models and clipper ship prints. I winked at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hjortsberg/receptionist-looked-right-through-me-as-i-crossed-the-carpeted-lobby/) [William Hjortsberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hjortsberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/william-hjortsberg-44418_quote_receptionist-looked-right-through-me-as_221950.jpg) > [The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-bible-is-a-sanctum-the-world-sputum/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/franz-kafka-214_bible_the-bible-is-a-sanctum-the-world-sputum_705837.jpg) > [“... the All is everywhere, and anywhere may become the seat of power. Any blade of grass may assume, in myth, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-all-is-everywhere-and-anywhere-may-become-the-seat-of-power-any/) [Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/joseph-campbell-300_sanctum_the-all-is-everywhere-and-anywhere-may-b_1076137.png) > [To the virtuous man, the universe is the only sanctum sanctorum, and the penetralia of the temple are the broad noon of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/to-the-virtuous-man-the-universe-is-the-only-sanctum-sanctorum-and/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/henry-david-thoreau-20_broads_to-the-virtuous-man-the-universe-is-the_1646374.jpg) > [I have been ineluctably drawn to libraries ever since I entered that sanctum sanctorum. It was a place of quietude. In a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/i-have-been-ineluctably-drawn-to-libraries-ever-since-i-entered-that/) [Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/carmen-agra-deedy-33370_entering_i-have-been-ineluctably-drawn-to-librari_1813369.png) > [When I would re-create myself, I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most interminable and to the citizen, most dismal, swamp.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-i-would-re-create-myself-i-seek-the-darkest-wood-the-thickest/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/henry-david-thoreau-20_citizens_when-i-would-re-create-myself-i-seek-the_1881044.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sanctum/#itemlist", "name": "Sanctum Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“RECEPTIONIST LOOKED RIGHT through me as I crossed the carpeted lobby between glass-cased tanker models and clipper ship prints. 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