Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Rhymes on the Road, The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore
Tag Archives: Quotations
London in Quotations: Ben Aaronovitch
My Dad says that being a Londoner has nothing to do with where you’re born. He says that there are people who get off a jumbo jet at Heathrow, go through immigration waving any kind of passport, hop on the tube and by the time the train’s pulled into Piccadilly Circus they’ve become a Londoner.
Ben Aaronovitch (b.1964), Moon Over Soho
London in Quotations: Paul Theroux
A person who is tired of London is not necessarily tired of life; it might be that he just can’t find a parking place, or is sick of being overcharged.
Paul Theroux (b. 1941), Sunrise with Seamonsters
London in Quotations: Henry James
London doesn’t love the latent or the lurking, has neither time, nor taste, nor sense for anything less discernible than the red flag in front of the steam-roller. It wants cash over the counter and letters ten feet high.
Henry James (1843-1916), The Awkward Age
London in Quotations: George Orwell
I had been in London innumerable times, and yet that day I had never noticed one of the worst things about London – the fact that it costs money even to sit down.
George Orwell (1903-1950)
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