Words&Dirt

“The most expensive part of a building is the mistakes.”

––The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett, loc. 9609

“Being a monk was the strangest and most perverted way of life imaginable. Monks spent half their lives putting themselves through pain and discomfort that they could easily avoid, and the other half muttering meaningless mumbo jumbo in empty churches at all hours of the day and night. They deliberately shunned anything good––girls, sports, feasting and family life. However, Jack had noted, the happiest among them had usually found some pursuit that gave deep satisfaction: illustrating manuscripts, writing history, cooking, studying philosophy, or––like Phillip––changing Kingsbridge from a sleepy village into a thriving cathedral city.”

––The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett, loc. 10669