William Kent
William Kent
William Kentwas an eminent English architect, landscape architect and furniture designer of the early 18th century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionArchitect
morning miracle able
The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.
long here-and-there moments
And what is happiness, Nathan? In my experience, it's only a moment's pause here and there on what is otherwise a long and difficult road. No one can be happy all the time.
night doubt accomplices
I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the accomplice of us all.
boys men fishing
Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in.
strong easy used
I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.
heart air mind
The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.
evil understanding wish
Michael Koryta isn’t just one of the finest authors working in the crime genre today. He’s simply one of today’s finest authors, period. His stories are taut, compelling, and beautifully rendered. His understanding of human nature-the good, the evil, and all the gray between-is masterful. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is Koryta at his best.
heart men air
We turn, three men bound by love, by history, by circumstance, and most certainly by the awful grace of God, and together walk a narrow lane where headstones press close all around, reminding me gently of Warren Redstone’s parting wisdom, which I understand now. The dead are never far from us. They’re in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.
giving deserve
What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve.
beautiful book sleep
Nicole Baart has written a novel that satisfies on every level. Sleeping In Eden is a compelling mystery, a tragic love story, a perceptive consideration of the callous whim of circumstance and, perhaps most important, a beautiful piece of prose. I guarantee this is a book that will haunt you long after you've turned the last page.
garden feelings shade
A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones.
cork freed novels
'Ordinary Grace' freed me. I don't have to write only Cork O'Connor novels now. I'm liberated. I can write whatever I want to write.