Page 113 "...by so much the more I fear thy fall..."

From page 113 of the book:  The two men gazed upon the perspective of green leaves filling the tall trees and yellow leaves providing a carpet beneath them.
 "'By how much the more I love the high climbing of thy capacity,'" Revenant recited, "'by so much the more I fear thy fall.'"
 He looked at Owen.
 "John Lily," said Owen.
 "Thank you," said Revenant.  "You are a scholar?" he asked.
 "Are you?" Owen replied.
 "Makes you hungry!" stated the priest.
 "Why don't you have lunch with me and my girlfriend?" Owen asked the priest.

John Lyly, John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie)(1553-1606), English writer, best known for his books "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" and "Euphues and His England." Lyly's linguistic style, originating in his first books, is known as Euphuism.



["Alas, Euphues, by how much the more I love the high climbing of thy capacity, by so much the more I fear thy fall.  The fine crystal is sooner crazed than the hard marble; the greenest beech burneth faster than the driest oak; the fairest silk is soonest soiled; and the sweetest wine turneth to the sharpest vinegar."]
From "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" by John Lyly, 1578

Page 238 "...a reproduction of a painting by Schiele hung..."

Photo of the artist, Egon Schiele

"The Embrace," painting by Schiele, 1917

From page 238 of the book:  "...I plopped down on Sarah's bed and looked up to the wall where a reproduction of a painting by Schiele hung.  I then turned my attention to a a book which lay on her end table and opened it to the title page: The Life of St. Theresa."


[The bodily distortions, explicit eroticism and anguish which made Egon Schiele’s artworks unpopular during his lifetime are the same features which make them so mesmerizing today. Schiele (1890 – 1918) was an exceptionally prolific Austrian Expressionist who was a protégé of Gustav Klimt, and whose formidable talents were fully matured when he was a teenager. He created emotionally charged self-portraits and allegories, but was best-known for his nude or semi-nude drawings of women, portraying them in awkwardly contracted poses to convey distress. Arrested for immorality and seduction, he created numerous watercolors and drawings during his two-week imprisonment. Dying prematurely from the Spanish flu, Schiele left a legacy of almost 3,500 compelling artworks.] Text copyright http://www.art.com/

"Self-portrait" by Schiele

Title page, series on the Life of Saint Teresa, Antwerp, 1613, by Adriaen Collaert

St. Theresa at left conversing with St. John of the Cross and Antony of Jesus, by A. Collaert and Cornelis Galle, 1613

Page 235 "...our Chelsea neighborhood."

Subway entrance

Images of the Chelsea district in Manhattan.  Chelsea's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, 30th Street to the north, the western boundary of the Ladies' Mile Historic District (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue) to the east, and the Hudson River and West Street to the west. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Chelsea neighborhood



Chelsea



23rd Street station, E Train (8th Avenue Line)

The kind of neighborhood where Owen & Sarah, and Walter live.

From page 235 of the book:  "...These buildings had managed to blend somehow into the facades of corner delicatessens opposite corner bars and drugstores and the various entrances to the Eighth Avenue subway line. There was a restaurant that served Chinese and Spanish food, a clothing store for the weekend athlete, and still more lofts and co-ops."

Page 233 "My family were fellahin, villagers from Oran..."

Egyptian Fellahin

A side street in Oran, Algeria

Oran in 1940

A fellahin

Modern day Oran

Fellahin people of Egypt

From page 233 of the book:  "..."My family were fellahin, villagers from Oran, and were westernized for decades. I knew what I was getting myself into. I couldn't turn back. How could I? So I accepted the sacraments and here I am. Only my wife and son are Muslim.""