She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the secrets of the grave.

Of the Mona Lisa

Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) 'Leonardo da Vinci'

Walter Pater Quotes

She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the secrets of the grave.

She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the secrets of the grave.

She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the secrets of the grave.

She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the secrets of the grave.