"Lend your ear then to this tutti of steeples; diffuse over the whole the buzz of half a million of human beings, the eternal murmur of the river, the infinite piping of the wind, the grave and distant..."
- Victor Hugo
"The Phantom is not famous for forgiveness."
- A.G. Howard
"Behind every wall and every mirror and every vent, I hear sounds: breathing, rustling, footsteps, and murmurs. I try to tell myself it’s just mice making their nests behind the barriers, but since whe..."
"Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other hand, was an American city and therefore dedicated to mone..."
- Jeffrey Eugenides
"And if we never visit Paris, that's okay. Your heart is my exotic destination every day."
- John Mark Green
"Let's just go in and enjoy ourselves,' Yvonne had said after a long moment when the Hitchens family had silently reviewed the menu—actually of the prices not the courses—outside a restaurant on our fi..."
- Christopher Hitchens
"Every year when i travel around the world, i wonder if it’ll be diferent, maybe one year won’t come to the show or you’ll be less festival, but what i realized during ARTPOP is that we belong together..."
- Lady Gaga
"By seeing how small the world is, I realize how capable I am. I can conquer anything. Anywhere. Anyone."
- Tawny Lara
"In Paris, choosing a dress is a monumental decision. In Milan, it’s a kick."
- Chris Dee
"If you feel joy when you do something unselfish for him, and would just as soon do it in secret as openly, then that rings of the true metal"
- Susan Vreeland