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I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of coloured glass, leaving streaks of red and green and yellow on the stone floor. When I was little, I used to try to capture the coloured light. I thought I could hold it in my hand and carry it home. Now I know it is like happiness – it is there or it is not, you cannot hold it or keep it.

— Catherine, called Birdy by Karen Cushman (Page 120)

Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…

— The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, Nigel Planer (Discworld, #2)

[fotnote III] Dantes påfunn med å la en kategori fordømte sjeler komme til helvetet allerede mens kroppen deres ennå levde på jorden, skapte et visst rabalder blant enkelte samtidige teologer.

— Den guddommelige komedie: Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Erik Ringen (Page 244)

[fotnote i] […] Synderen sier altså at det finnes flere halliker fra Bologna der nede i helvetet enn det finnes nålevende innbyggere i samme by. Også flere andre samtidige kilder, f.eks. Boccaccio, beskriver Bologna som en by med særdeles løssluppen seksualmoral og godt marked for rufferi.

— Den guddommelige komedie: Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Erik Ringen (Page 130)

29TH DAY OF DECEMBER Feast of Saint Egwin, bishop of Worcester. Fifth day of Christmas

Our Lord Perkin declared a tournament for us and the chickens. Although the chickens had silver gilt helmets and twig swords, we won. Chicken for dinner

— Catherine, called Birdy by Karen Cushman (Page 85)