London – beautiful, immortal London – has never been a ‘city’ in the simplest sense of the word. It was, and is, a living, breathing thing, a stone leviathan that harbours secrets underneath its scales. It guards them covetously, hiding them deep within its body; only the mad or the worthy can find them.
Samantha Shannon (b.1991), The Mime Order
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A little pretentious perhaps, but she is on the right track with the sentiment.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Are we the mad or the worthy?
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Definitely worthy. We are real Londoners, not ‘incomers’. 🙂
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