"Jesus glided out of the dark with underwater fluency; he was resplendent in a short crimson gown, a large velvet hat trimmed with lynx, a golden girdle around his waist, and a golden baldric trailing behind."
- Margery Kempe by Robert Glück (though I came across it quoted by Danielle Dutton in Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other)
Comments by solitude_stands
solitude_stands commented on the word calanque
"They had some trouble finding the correct ferry. Most people were boarding another one, to go swimming at the calanques."
- "Marseille" by Ayşegül Savaş, in the April 7, 2025 issue of the New Yorker
April 17, 2025
solitude_stands commented on the word bolide
"But he remained central to our lives, and in his absence, we felt like dislodged bolides wobbling about the universe without orbit."
- Roman Year by André Aciman
March 31, 2025
solitude_stands commented on the word baldric
"Jesus glided out of the dark with underwater fluency; he was resplendent in a short crimson gown, a large velvet hat trimmed with lynx, a golden girdle around his waist, and a golden baldric trailing behind."
- Margery Kempe by Robert Glück (though I came across it quoted by Danielle Dutton in Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other)
August 8, 2024