Castle of the Winds Quotes

“How thin was the gilding of civilisation that lay over the cruelties of a selfish man.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“The flower of manhood was now wearing a slightly quizzical expression. I suppose he wasn’t used to young ladies looking at him as if they’d found a nest of rats in their hatbox.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Unlike her, I had the great blessing of a place to go where I would not be judged by the state of my gloves, nor what missteps I had taken.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Does your son also share your interest in social reform?” I asked. “My son is of my mind in all things, Miss Worms,” he said. At this, I balked inwardly. Had Arthur such a compliant temperament? And what reasonable parent would expect such conformity?”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Could we be in some kind of danger?”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Oh, no. No. This was entirely too friendly. Quick--I must say something obnoxious.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“What a thin line exists between respectability and disgrace!”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“I marvelled again at how far I had come from the usual trappings of respectability of my sex and class.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Ah yes, sin.” He said this with a smile. “How that doctrine eases our minds, and keeps us from real progress!”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Our children are beaten for speaking the sweet tongue of Taliesin, and the English call that education.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Simon had never traveled outside of the Dale before; perhaps he was misinterpreting things that might have an innocent explanation.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Glorious the protection of the dragon to the people of the Brython. — from The Book of Taliesin”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“A recurring theme I found poignant is the exploitation of women who were attracted to the expanding opportunities that many progressive experimental movements in history promised them,”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Thirdly, some of the ideas of reconstructing lost pre-Christian traditions in Celtic countries came from folklorists like Edward Williams/Iolo Morganwg, who engineered what is now known as “invented tradition”, combining speculation with the occasional forgery.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds

“Secondly, 19th century social reformers like Robert Owen and Titus Salt, who used the fruits of their industrial wealth to fund Utopian social experiments, with ethically complex results.”
― Christina Baehr, Castle of the Winds