"Hub of the universe" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Paris—to her the "hub of the universe"—Madame de Stael, "with wandering steps and slow, took her solitary way." Expelled from the Eden she loved, she sought to find some place where she could enjoy society,—which was the passion of her life. Weimar, in Germany, then contained ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII • John Lord
... creatures and things moved in sullen, unceasing procession; an all-enveloping wall of brown fog; and a roar like unto some monster in pain. When he stood on the Embankment and strove to get a glimpse of the river, he came to the conclusion that "the hub of the Universe" was not up to specification. The famous Strand amazed him by its narrowness and its shortness. The buildings were dirtier than any buildings he had ever seen before, and the people cold, self-contained, units who seemed visibly to shrink back into their ...
— Colorado Jim • George Goodchild |
