Cathedral/definition

Famous quotes containing the words cathedral and/or definition:

“That great Cathedral space which was childhood.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

“No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this—”devoted and obedient.” This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.”
—Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)