Gutenberg’s Apprentice
by Alix Christie
(Harper Collins, 2014)
There is no more essential duty than returning kindness.
Page 16.
The Lord had portioned out to each his own appointed task. This was the goal of our life’s journey: to listen and to wait, and when it came, to heed the call.
Page 44.
Just as the sailor yearns for port, the writer longs for the last line.
Page 98.
There will never be a time when hands are not our first, most sacred tools.
Page 105.
The art of making was the art of movement. … all things were reduced to their pure motion … The business of any business is stripping away - the cleaner and simpler the better.
Page 136.
One must be hard, sometimes, push far beyond our human weakness to fulfil God’s will.
Page 164.
Success is only ever an equation. Time invested, plus materials, equals the true price.
Page 180.
Invention is a process, unpredictable and long.
Page 213.
It is a sin to shirk the gifts that God has given.
Page 233.
God teaches through His punishments.
Page 240.
Discovery was death.
Page 263.
It is a fundamental feature of the scriptures that what is meant is hidden.
Pages 289-290.
Men never think … of all they leave behind.
Page 296.
What brotherhood could hold, once faith and trust were lost?
Page 331.
We do not live upon this earth … quite long enough to judge.
Page 339.
Where there is no trust, there can be no partnership.
Page 388.