I was in the black silence of a medieval street, and blindly I followed its sharp turns, comforted by the height of its narrow tenements, which seemed at any moment capable of falling together, closing this alleyway under indifferent stars like a seam.
Anne RiceTag: places
It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears
is said to be seen in San Francisco.
It must be a delightful city and possess
all the attractions of the next world.
Tag: people heaven san-francisco hiding places tales-of-the-city
There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Certain numbers were the same way and certain dates and these with the names of the places were all you could say and have them mean anything. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.
Ernest HemingwaySomeday, men will visit ideas instead of places.
Toba BetaLike so many named places in California it was less an identifiable city than a grouping of concepts--census tracts, special purpose bond-issue districts, shopping nuclei, all overlaid with access roads to its own freeway.
Thomas PynchonTag: california cities freeways places southern-california
The problem was, I think, that the places I fit in were always falling behind the rimes.
Haruki MurakamiTag: places fit falling-behind
I could go on like this forever, but would I ever find a place that was meant for me? Like, for example, where? After lengthy considerations, the only place I could think of was the cockpit of a two-seater Kamikaze torpedo-plane. Of all the dumb ideas. In the first place, all the torpedo-planes were scrapped thirty years ago
Haruki MurakamiTag: ideas places kamikaze torpedo-planes
It is good people who make good places.
Anna SewellTag: people goodness attitude spirit warmth places genius-loci welcoming
Whether we like it or not, we all come from someplace. And at some point in our lives, we have to make peace with that place.
Jeffrey StepakoffWhat's the big deal with France? How come everyone wants to go there? Let me tell you about France. Their music sucks. Their movies suck. Their berets suck. Their croissants are pretty good, but the place overall still sucks.My family went there once on the way to visit Dad's homeland family. EuroDisney. Need I say more?
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