Quote by Dinah Lampitt

“I know the sort,' said Mr. Hawley, 'some emissary. He'll begin with flourish about the Rights of Man and end with murdering a wench.”

— George Eliot

“And then he left the palace to roam the streets of Ombria, where he painted shadows as he searched for light within them, painted…

— Patricia A. McKillip

“Your castles and strongholds shall have bars of iron and bronze, and as your day, so shall your strength, your rest and security, be.”

— Anonymous

“the Shadow XI. Dusk XII. Darkness XIII. Fifty-two XIV. The Knitting Done XV. The Footsteps”

— Charles Dickens

“And here, above the valley of Yarrow, Lord Culter and his brother and twenty men from Midculter in their wedding finery with, thank God,…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“Theban who acquires his wealth by inheritance builds his mansion with the weak poor's money. The clergyman erects his temple upon the graves and…

— Khalil Gibran

“Beware, William of Mercia, you heeded not our warnings and you can no longer turn back, but the path ahead is strewn with danger,…

— K.J. Wignall

“We move like a platoon of silhouettes balancing sledge hammers on our heads, unaware our shadows have untied from us, wandered off & gotten lost.”

— Yusef Komunyakaa

“I saw the whole man slowly emerge from the window and begin to crawl down the castle wall over the dreadful abyss, face down…

— Bram Stoker

“Oh dear…then they must already be on the march! We have to hurry and get to the Hamblings…before nightfall!’ - Phillip Celeste from Curse…

— Rod Tyson

“And tell me everything, tell chain by chain, and link by link, and step by step; sharpen the knives you kept hidden away, thrust…

— Pablo Neruda

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on…

— Michel Houellebecq