But a priest's life is not supposed to be well-rounded; it is supposed to be one-pointed — a compass, not a weathercock.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 1
- work
- The Devils of Loudon (1951)
- year
- 1951
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