Cathedral/definition

Famous quotes containing the words cathedral and/or definition:

    “There’s a certain Slant of light,
    Winter Afternoons—
    That oppresses, like the Heft
    Of Cathedral Tunes—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “... we all know the wag’s definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)