One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. A Room of One's Own
With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them. Guns, Germs And Steel
“The child’s heart forgets but does not forgive.” My Sweet Orange Tree
This village belongs to the Castle, and whoever lives here or passes the night here does so in a manner of speaking in the Castle itself. Nobody may do that without the Count's permission. The Castle
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