The purpose of steeples (Robinson)
April 26th, 2007 | Published in Architecture, Humor and Satire, Quotes
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