Famous quotes containing the words shadow and/or chronicles:
“I verily believe
My fair impression may
Be all from that one day
No shadow crossed but ours....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Our medieval historians who prefer to rely as much as possible on official documents because the chronicles are unreliable, fall thereby into an occasionally dangerous error. The documents tell us little about the difference in tone which separates us from those times; they let us forget the fervent pathos of medieval life.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)