Marina Warner Quote

Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be made simple, that complexity reigns and must be accepted.


Joan of Arc (Harmondsworth, Penguin, [1981] 1983) p. 263.


Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be...

Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be...

Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be...

Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be...