Cathedrals Quote by Sinclair Lewis

“He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.”

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“Day on day he waited. So much of a revolution for so many people is nothing but waiting. That is one reason why tourists…

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“She continued it to Hugh, 'Darling, do you know what mother and you are going to find beyond the blue horizon rim?' 'What?' flatly.…

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Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another thousand years?

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“I think perhaps we want a more conscientious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of always deferring hope to…

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It might be the doing of Satan, in whom Aaron anxiously believed with all of his being except, perhaps, his mind.

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“The author says one character's definition of a classic is any book he'd heard of before he was thirty.”

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“Like all males, he hated to confess ignorance by asking directions,”

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Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad. Technicians cannot…

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My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.

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