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Category: literary quotations

Heroic Conflict

On September 10, 2016 By Andrew G LockhartIn Books, heroic deeds, literary quotations4 Comments

Five Great Literary Battles Conflict is a feature of all good fiction. It stirs the emotions, moving us to love or to hate the characters. Heroic acts against the odds, family feuds, human beings against the natural elements, tense sexual encounters - all serve as stimuli, teasing us to imagine ourselves in the world of …

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Ballade of True Wisdom

On July 20, 2016 By Andrew G LockhartIn Books, literary quotations9 Comments

Quotations Day 3 I've been spending most of the day in my garden. With temperatures  ranging from 33 degrees on the patio at the back to 36 in front of our white garage door, it isn't the ideal weather for physical effort. But as rain is expected (actually it's started now), I thought it best …

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I took her hand in mine …

On July 19, 2016 By Andrew G LockhartIn Books, literary quotations6 Comments

For my second quotation, responding to the tag challenge set me by Anne at Inked Brownies, I have picked another from the Classics: 'I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening …

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