“Life at the edge of the world, it was felt, could go on forever.”

“I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.”

“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.”

“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.”

“By the time we've made it, we've had it.”

“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”

“But I was not good enough. You should understand this about meI am not a hero; not one to tap unknown reserves of courage; not one to rise to circumstance. I am the understudy who chokes on his lin...”

“But I was not good enough. You should understand this about me—I am not a hero; not one to tap unknown reserves of courage; not one to rise to circumstance. I am the understudy who chokes on his li...”