"Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high round chimneys on the tops of the houses, which yet seemed to us to form an innumerable number of smaller spires, or steeples."

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Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.7, BoD – Books on Demand

Karl Philipp Moritz

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“There's no diet list I'll follow that would rule out cherry pie.”
“I'm happy to be on a show that's bridging that gap of 'Okay, I'm not a teenager anymore, I'm a man.'”
“How can you expect me to be perfect...when I am full of contradictions.”
“Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.”
“I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books.”
“To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world.”
“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”
“Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.”

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