The purpose of steeples (Robinson)
April 26th, 2007 | Published in Architecture, Quotes, Humor and Satire | 1 Comment
When I was a child I actually believed that the purpose of [church] steeples was to attract lightning. I thought hey must be meant to protect all the other houses and buildings, and that seemed very gallant to me.
–John Ames in Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (2004), 114
May 4th, 2007 at 11:47 am (#)
I remember once driving past a steepled church building when my (then) 2-year-old shouted, “look, Daddy—horns!”