"The country he had broken out of was all unknown to them"

"The country he had broken out of was all unknown to them" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"How delightful to see you!"

"How delightful to see you!" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"There was something unusual about him, or something behind him"

"There was something unusual about him, or something behind him" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"And there is a dignity in people; a solitude"

"And there is a dignity in people; a solitude" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"Try to think as little about yourself as possible"

"Try to think as little about yourself as possible" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"He had, especially in the evening, these sudden thunderclaps of fear"

"He had, especially in the evening, these sudden thunderclaps of fear" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"He knew the meaning of the world, he said"

"He knew the meaning of the world, he said" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"Like the pulse of a perfect heart, life struck straight through the streets"

"Like the pulse of a perfect heart, life struck straight through the streets" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"Not a sound was to be heard above the traffic"

"Not a sound was to be heard above the traffic" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on"

"Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"He was almost too well dressed always"

"He was almost too well dressed always" - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"My, my. You're turning down a beer?"

"My, my. You're turning down a beer?" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"Of course, you know Masaccio was the first to make use of Brunelleschi's architectural perspective?"

"Of course, you know Masaccio was the first to make use of Brunelleschi's architectural perspective?" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"You see, Masaccio made an astonishing leap between the style of the San Giovanni triptych and the Trinity"

"You see, Masaccio made an astonishing leap between the style of the San Giovanni triptych and the Trinity"" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"No other painter, not even Leonardo, changed so quickly and with such amazing results"

"No other painter, not even Leonardo, changed so quickly and with such amazing results" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"You must see this vaulted ceiling. The perspective, the blurring, the vanishing point"

"You must see this vaulted ceiling. The perspective, the blurring, the vanishing point"" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"What is interesting is that the doctrine fo redemption is also a blurring, a sfumatura, of space and time"

"What is interesting is that the doctrine of redemption is also a blurring, a sfumatura, of space and time"

"The receding diagonals give the illusion of reality so that one might, ..."

"The receding diagonals give the illusion of reality so that one might, ..." - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"... in seeing the forms in the painting as real, believe in the subject"

"... in seeing the forms in the painting as real, believe in the subject" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"Perspective was Masaccio's theology"

"Perspective was Masaccio's theology"- The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"We haven't the advantage of seeing these parts in a catalog or as a print, have we?"

"We haven't the advantage of seeing these parts in a catalog or as a print, have we?" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"He remembered what being alone was like"

"He remembered what being alone was like" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"He had spent four months in the swamps"

"He had spent four months in the swamps" - The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

"It was dawn by the time the tiger left the city"

"It was dawn by the time the tiger left the city" - The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

"There are still too many mysteries around you"

"There are still too many mysteries around you" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"'You will protect me,' she said. 'With my life,' he replied."

"'You will protect me,' she said. 'With my life,' he replied." - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"There was unquestionably a job vacancy here"

"There was unquestionably a job vacancy here" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Everything he loved was on his doorstep"

"Everything he loved was on his doorstep" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"The darkness did not leave her, but it shuffled to one side"

"The darkness did not leave her, but it shuffled to one side" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"But home was always a troubled, dangerous idea for men"

"But home was always a troubled, dangerous idea for men" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Women are not perfect, one must admit"

"Women are not perfect, one must admit" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"That night the emperor dreamed of love"

"That night the emperor dreamed of love" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"I can turn myself at will ..."

"I can turn myself at will ..." - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"... into a lion"

"... into a lion" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"I am a person of strange and varied experience"

"I am a person of strange and varied experience" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"I have met the king of the fishes and lived in the house of a woman"

"I have met the king of the fishes and lived in the house of a woman" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie