Status Updates From The Madonna of the Future

"If my friend was not a genius, he was certainly a monomaniac;..."

"He talked of Florence like a lover, and admitted that it was a very old affair; he had lost his heart to her at first sight. «It's the fashion to talk of all cities as feminine,» he said, «but, as a rule, it's a monstrous mistake. Is Florence of the same sex as New York, as Chicago? She is the sole perfect lady of them all;one feels towards her as a lad in his teens feels to some beautiful older woman..."