And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bat — Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bat — Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bat — Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bat — Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bat — Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
Download Customize

And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction.

— Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
Pin Share Tweet Telegram
Topics
church italy venice

More “Church” Quotes

Blinding, mineral, shattering silence. You hear nothing but the quiet crunch of stones underfoot. An implacable, definit — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
But just a vibration among the trees and stones, on the paths. Walking to breathe in the landscape. Every step an inspir — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
But walking causes absorption. Walking interminably, taking in through your pores the height of the mountains when you a — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
Thoreau: ‘The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
You lift your head, you’re on your way, but really just to be walking, to be out of doors. That’s it, that’s all, and yo — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
Perhaps the itinerant monks called ‘Gyrovagues’ were especially responsible for promoting this view of our condition as — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
When one has walked a long way to reach the turning in the path that discloses an anticipated view, and that view appear — Frédéric Gros
forest paths – flat labyrinths – and gentle plains invite the walker’s body to softness, to languor. And memories arise — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
Zhuang Zhu also meant that the feet as such are small pieces of space, but their vocation (‘walking’) is to articulate t — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
In the history of walking, many experts considering him (Wordsworth) the authentic originator of the long expedition. He — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
And as we know from the pilgrimage diaries of Swami Ramdas, it is when we renounce everything that everything is given t — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
At its root, the logic is that of the Grand Inquisitor, who bitterly assailed Christ for offering people freedom and thu — Noam Chomsky, Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies