Famous quotes containing the words high and/or altar:
“The high plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them. Like Jacob’s angel, the region requires that you wrestle with it before it bestows a blessing.”
—Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)
“Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)