Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) English churchman, Dean of Westminster
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 115.
“And the Bastard grant us... in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of the axle, the feather at the pivot point, the pebble at the mountain's peak, the kiss in despair, the one right word. In darkness, understanding.”
— Lois McMaster Bujold, book Paladin of Souls
Source: Paladin of Souls (2003), p. 44
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