London has the trick of making its past, its long indelible past, always a part of its present. And for that reason it will always have meaning for the future, because of all it can teach about disaster, survival, and redemption. It is all there in the streets.
Anna Quindlen (b.1953), Imagined London: A Tour of the World’s Greatest Fictional City, 2004
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She’s right about that. It is all there in the streets. You only have to look to find it.
Cheers, Pete.
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I found the description a little convoluted, myself.
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She should have added, “If you can be arsed to look” 🙂
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Maybe that’s for another London in Quotations! Thanks for the comment.
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