"Sortilege" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that she was the last reflection of the world of passion for the fierce soul which seemed to look at one out of the sardonically savage face of that old seaman. However, I noticed that she was holding some musical instrument—guitar or mandoline—in her hand. Perhaps that was the secret of her sortilege. ...
— The Shadow-Line - A Confession • Joseph Conrad
... without writing upon them, a person may happen to draw; or by holding out several unequal sticks and noting who takes the greater or the lesser, or by throwing dice, and observing who throws the highest score; or by observing what catches the eye when one opens a book, all of which are named "sortilege." ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas |
