Dorothy L. Sayers Quote

To make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.


Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World: A Selection of Essays (ed. 1969)


To make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.

To make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.

To make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.

To make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.