" Yes,” he said. “It is one of the consolations of urban life. A beguiling contradiction: that a narrow wooden box can open on a myriad of wide vistas, tonight Arcadia, tomorrow Rome.”
Thorland, Donna (2015-03-03). Mistress Firebrand: Renegades of the American Revolution (p. 34). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. "
― Donna Thorland , Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the American Revolution)