Quotes By Author: sarah perry

“Not even knowledge takes all the strangeness from the world”

“They sharpen themselves on each other; each by turn is blade and whetstone; when talk falls to faith and reason they argue readily, startling themselves by growing swiftly bad-tempered (‘You don’t understand!’ ‘How can I understand when you do not even make attempts at speaking sense?’).”

“He rejoices in the reason conferred on mankind but mistrusts the shifting sands of man’s ingenuity.”