Neal Stephenson book Anathem
Part 10, "Messal." (A "math" is a co-ed academic/research monastery. Most of the novel takes place in maths.)
Anathem (2008)
Source: The Beautiful and Damned
Neal Stephenson book Anathem
Part 10, "Messal." (A "math" is a co-ed academic/research monastery. Most of the novel takes place in maths.)
Anathem (2008)
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor
Source: Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944) French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright
The Man in The Apollo of Bellac: A Play in One Act, p. 12 (1954, as adapted by Maurice Valency).
“She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore to be won.”
William Shakespeare Henry VI, Part 1
Suffolk, Act V, scene iii.
Source: Henry VI, Part 1 (1592)
“She was beautiful when she died—a hundred years ago.”
Garrett Fort (1900–1945) screenwriter
Prof. Von Helsing (Edward Van Sloan)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Muma Gee (1978) Nigerian singer and songwriter
In " The role Emeka Ike played in my marriage http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/the-role-emeka-ike-played-in-my-marriage/" by Opeoluwani Ogunjimi on vanguardngr.com, June 15, 2013: On her song "African Woman Skillashy"
KT Tunstall (1975) Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
"Suddenly I See".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Context: Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl.
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it —
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm.