Cities Quote by Janet Morris

“If cities have souls, Sanctuary's was troubled long before Tempus got here, and will be troubled long after he and his are gone.”

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This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.

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I survive. I survived it all then and I'll survive the rest of it. Without your help.

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So some will be left who remember.

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Don't blame yourself, or worry. Neither does a bit of good.

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When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer…

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Painful things are quickly forgotten.

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It is upon each soul to recognize its limit.

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Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.

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Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or…

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Fury from the heavens; fury at the gods - inseparable.

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Learn what can, and cannot, be asked from destiny.

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It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right.

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Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy to imagine a future in which growing numbers of cities have their frail and long-neglected infrastructures knocked out by disasters and then are left to rot, their core services never repaired or rehabilitated.

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Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.

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Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population.

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A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely…

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All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled…

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Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.

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I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want…

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Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted,…

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

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I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

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Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills. Your steps and breath like the wind of dawn smother houses. The city shudders, Stones exhale— you are life, an awakening. Star lost in the light of dawn, trill of the breeze, warmth, breath— the night…

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