“God does not... give people positions or jobs or... good conditions such as they desire; they must do that for themselves.. God does not build cities nor towns nor nations, nor homes, nor factories; men and people do that and all those who want must work for themselves and pray to God to give them strength to do it.” PeopleMenWantGivingDoeHomeJobsDesireNationsCitiesConditionsPositionPrayingTownsFactoriesGodlyPraying To God Author:Marcus Garvey
“In the past, heartland whites with some kind of dream or desire left their towns for cities to become citified. They wanted to get away from religion, from their families, they wanted to come out, make art, have sex, have experiences. But this new crew was something we had never seen before. They were the first generation of suburban Americans. They came, not to be citified, but rather to change cities into places they could recognize and dominate.” FirstsKindArtDreamWantedPastDesireLeftSexCitiesGenerationsTownsGet AwayCrew Author:Sarah Schulman
“Two deep human desires were at war ... the longing for stability, for form, for permanence, which in its essence is the desire for death, and the opposing hunger for movement, change, instability and risk, which are life. Men came from the east and built these American towns because they wished to go no farther, and the towns they built were shaped by the urge to go onward.” MenHumansTwoWarFormDesireRiskMovementBuiltEssenceTownsLongingHungerEastUrgesStabilityOpposingPermanenceInstability Book:Old Home Town Source: Old Home Town
“Las Vegas was and is a hard town that will make you pay for your inability to restrain your desires.... If you have a weakness, Las Vegas will punish you.” IfsHardDesirePayWeaknessTownsInabilityVegasLas Vegas Book:Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-first Century Source: Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-first Century
“One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old graph magazine. There was a picture of an exhausted, lonely kneeling woman who wore a checked patterned yukata after the tradegy of a large earthquake. With the intensity of my chest ready to burn up, I fell in love with that poor woman. I also felt a horrifying desire for her. Maybe tragedy and desire are back to back to one another.” DesireFeltWaitingPoorReadyOne DayLonelyTragedyTownsMagazinesRestaurantsChestsIntensityExhaustedEarthquakesKneelingGraphs Author:Osamu Dazai