Closed Quote by Stephanie Perkins

“Boeksplein was the heart of the university—four libraries built around a central courtyard and the Scholar’s Fountain.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“The Founder-Director purposely designed the building in a U-shape, in the interior of which is a courtyard with a central fountain, to reflect the…

— Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud

“The mayor spread his arms. “What do you think of the place? Beautiful, am I right?” It looked to Adam like a conference room…

— Harlan Coben

“Directly across the courtyard from me lives a middle-aged woman, the ringleader of the building. Sometimes she and I open our windows simultaneously and…

— Lydia Davis

I've always loved three-sided patios. Courtyard plans are very common, but it's rare that it has one side open.

— Cesar Pelli

“As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out…

— Julio Cortázar

“I liked the shifting colors of groups on the courtyard, but could not distinguish one student from the next. They were too young and…

— Janet Fitch

“...instead I find myself more and more outside; from one courtyard I move to another courtyard, as if in this palace all the doors…

— Italo Calvino

“Some mornings I walked out into the courtyard and every living thing there, the seagulls and wagtails, the small trees, and even the stray…

— Nelson Mandela

“principal courtyard, which was very large, with walks encircling it under arcades in the old Florentine fashion, and gardens planted with magnificent trees. In…

— Victor Hugo

No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in…

— Tadao Ando

There's no peace like the peace of an inner courtyard on a sunny day.

— Yann Martel