“ By the mid-seventeenth century, the visible image has assumed far greater reality than the invisible thought. Thomas Cahill
“ When Marguerite (Marguerite-Louise of France, Grand Duchess of Tuscany), caught malaria, she claimed the royal family of Tuscany was trying to murder her, but that she would, in fact, rather die than… Eleanor Herman
“ He's rich, Jack muttered to Eliza, or connected with rich persons.Yes—the clothes, the coins ...All fakeable.How do you know him to be rich, then?In the wilderness, only the most terrible beasts of pr… Neal Stephenson
