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“And marbled clouds go scudding byThe many-steepled London sky.”
“I wander through each chartered street,Near where the chartered Thames does flow;A mark in every face I meet,Marks of weakness, marks of woe.In every cry of every man,In every infants cry of fear,I...”
“On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes,the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes.I wipe them away with a black woolly gloveAnd try not to notice I've fallen in loveOn Waterloo Bridge I a...”
“London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.”
“He hugged me, and I let him press me against his godlike body. What? A girl should have some fun sometimes.”
“One thing about London is that when you step out into the night, it swallows you.”
“I just like to say I'm from London, I don't have any specific area I represent. I'm not representing for a small group of people. I'd like everybody to be able to relate to a nerd, because everybod...”
“The old London was fading from her memory. She no longer expected to see the shops that had been bombed when she passed familiar streets. In many places the sites were being redeveloped. Thats what...”
“The return of the rain, beating out time on London's rooftops and pavements. Early morning Zombies sheltering beneath copies of the Standard whilst others ran screaming for cover in doorways becaus...”
“It was a bad night to be about with such a feeling in one's heart. The rain was cold, pitiless and increasing. A damp, keen wind blew down the cross streets leading from the river. The fumes of the...”
“I don't know if there is actually more rain here in England, or if it was just that the rain seemed to be so deliberately annoying. Every drop hit the window with a peevish "Am I bothering you? Doe...”
“The Thames Shouldered its way past Blackfriars Bridge, impatient with the ancient piers, no longer the passive stream that slid past Chelsea Marina, but a rush of ugly water that had scented the op...”
“If you're curious, London's an amazing place.”
“I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing.”
“When exploring London, you will come across lots of excitement by chance, so try to take everything in rather than just rushing around to all of the major tourist haunts.”
“Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.”
“It's nice to have some continuity you can come back to. I feel that in coming home, coming back to London.”
“I mean, I suppose when I'm in London, I'm home so I'm more comfortable.”
“New York, like London, seems to be a cloacina [toilet] of all the depravities of human nature.”
“A mighty mass of brick and smoke and shipping Dirty and dusty but as wide as eye Could reach with here and there a sail just skipping In sight then lost amidst the forestry Of masts a wilder...”
