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“Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where water comes from and garbage goes, consumption or conservation. They map our lives.”
― Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics
― Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics
“From whichever side I start, I think I am in an old place where others have been before me.”
― The Sun Watches the Sun
― The Sun Watches the Sun
“London is a language. I guess all places are.”
― Ghostwritten
― Ghostwritten
“Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.”
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“Life…we understand it differently at different stages. It’s what is interesting about getting older, you realize your relationship with the past is always negotiable. There is a lot of freedom in that, because you realize you can go back to what you did such a long time ago. You can talk with the dead, talk with your lost self, your disappeared self, and you can visit those places again, and understand it differently. That makes a huge difference.”
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