4 Quotes & Sayings By Charles Lambert

Charles Lambert was born in Villers-Cotterêts, France in 1788. He was educated at the Jésuites College in Paris where he took part in political discussions and debates with members of the French aristocracy. He also studied law at the University of Paris and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced law. After the death of his wife, he settled in England where he published his first works on astronomy and mathematics Read more

He soon began writing popular science books for general readers, which were well received by the public. At 55 years of age he was appointed professor of mathematics at St. Andrews University in Scotland.

His nom de plume is "Charles Lambert."

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It pleases him how Spell is how the word is made but also, in the hands of the magician, how the world is changed. One letter separates Word from World, and that letter is like the number one, or an 'I', or a shaft of light between almost closed curtains. There is an old letter called a thorn, which jags and tears at the throat as it's uttered. Later he learns that Grammar and Glamour share the same deeper root, which is further magic, and there can be neither magic without that root, nor plant. He's lost in it like Chid in Child, or God reversed into Dog. Somewhere inside him is a colon. A sentence can last for life. . Charles Lambert
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Rooms are never alone, " said the Doctor with a laugh. "Only the people who live them can be alone. Charles Lambert
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Perhaps she wasn't ill at all in the end, but simply more revealed. Charles Lambert