“[London is] like the sight of a heavy sea from a rowing boat in the middle of the Atlantic.... One lives in it, afloat but half submerged in a heavy flood of brick, stone, asphalt, slate, steel, glass, concrete, and tarmac, seeing nothing fixable beyond a few score white spires that splash up like spits of foam above the next glum wave of dirty buildings.” NextWhiteHalfSeeingSeaMiddleBuildingStonesSightGlassesWaveHeavyLondonBoatDirtyScoreConcreteFloodSteelBricksSpitRowingSlateFoamSubmergedSpiresAsphalt Book:Mr. Beluncle: A Novel Source: Mr. Beluncle: A Novel
“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 wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a fools-cap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town.” EyeLostSeaHugeFoolMassSightTownsWideLondonSmokeDirtyWildernessCrownsSailCoalBricksHere And ThereCapsShippingTiptoesMastsPeepingCanopySteeples Author:Lord Byron
“I've been reading and researching various aspects of history - Dickens' London, Nelson's sea battles, Magellan's nautical explorations, the weapons and battles and key figures of the American Civil War - for most of my life. I pick up a book here or there or see a documentary or talk with an expert in the subject, and my curiosity about the one area of study and discovery always leads to another.” BookWarReadingStudySeaSubjectsFiguresKeysBattleWeaponsPicksDiscoveryAreasAspectCuriosityVariousLondonExpertsCivil WarExplorationDocumentariesAmerican Civil WarNelsonDickensNauticalMagellan Author:Gary Paulsen
“I used to live in a little city by the sea, and the feeling of isolation - it was not like living in Paris or London. It was a bit apart from the main city, and [it gave me] this feeling of isolation and also being close to nature, with nature as a surrounding and also a frontier, from the society of the world.” WorldLittlesFeelingsUsedBitsCitiesSeaLondonParisIsolationFrontiers Author:Lucile Hadzihalilovic
“What Brighton's got is a major sea port on either side, good for importing drugs, great for exporting cash, stolen cars, stolen antiques. It's got the largest number of antique shops in the UK, so it's a great place to fence stolen goods. It's got tremendous communication: you've got the sea ports, you've got the channel tunnel, you've got Gatwick Airport 25 minutes away, and London's 50 minutes away by train. So all these escape routes... Which is what villains like.” SidesNumbersSeaMinutesCarCommunicationDrugMajorsTrainLondonShopsGoodsVillainCashRoutesFenceStolenAirportsTunnelsPortAntiquesBrightonExporting Author:Peter James
“Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most.” GovernmentAbleUnitedCitiesSeaNeededCommitmentDuesOilLondonKingdomsUnited KingdomWestminsterCity Of LondonNorth Sea Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in London then started drifting back to the countryside and the sea. Perhaps it's a homing instinct.” WifeSeaInstinctMy WifeLondonMilesLike MeCountrysideDriftingExtended FamilyRadius Author:Robert Smith
“We have great cities to visit: New York and Washington, Paris and London; and further east, and older than any of these, the legendary city of Samarkand, whose crumbling palaces and mosques still welcome travelers on the Silk road. Weary of cities? Then we’ll take to the wilds. To the islands of Hawaii and the mountains of Japan, to forests where Civil War dead still lie, and stretches of sea no mariner ever crossed. They all have their poetry: the glittering cities and the ruined, the watery wastes and the dusty; I want to show you them all. I want to show you everything.” WantStillsWarShowsLyingCitiesSeaNew YorkMountainWasteEastLondonForestsWelcomeParisIslandsCivil WarJapanWearyTravelerRuinedHawaiiPalacesSilkLegendaryMosquesGreat CitiesCrumblingMarinersSilk RoadSamarkand Author:Clive Barker