“Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.” DifferentCitiesPovertyAppearanceConcealedExtravaganceSplendourLarge Cities Book:Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings Source: Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings
“It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from each microscopic duty, your true romantic has the truer vision, and beholds, afar off, in all its lurid splendour and terrible proportions, the piquant adventure we call life.” MayPleasureVisionAdventureDutyGoes OnTerribleRomanticProportionRealistChoresAfarSplendour Book:Harbours of Memory Source: Harbours of Memory
“Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.” ClutterBeing FreeSplendour Author:Upamanyu Chatterjee