“Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there. But it is also a hard city and it wears you down.” StillsLondonApartment Author:Rebecca Loos
“That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every man, in surveying the shops of London, sees numberless instruments and conveniencies, of which, while he did not know them, he never felt the need; and yet, when use has made them familiar, wonders how life could be supported without them. Thus it comes to pass, that our desires always increase with our possessions; the knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed, impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.” KnowsMenWantNeedsMayMadeStillsUseDesireFeltWonderIncreaseInstrumentsRemainsPossessionLondonEvery ManFamiliarEnjoymentShopsImperfectConsumerismOverconsumption Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler
“You can drive 1,000 miles across America and find yourself, whereas if you drive a few miles from Slough you're in London anyway, or you hit Wales and you're in another country! Also, wherever you are in England it's still raining.” IfsStillsCountryAmericaRainEnglandLondonMilesFinding YourselfWalesWherever You AreSlough Author:Ricky Gervais
“My own first love was biology. I spent a great part of my adolescence in the Natural History museum in London (and I still go to the Botanic Garden almost every day, and to the Zoo every Monday). The sense of diversity of the wonder of innumerable forms of life has always thrilled me beyond anything else.” FirstsStillsFormNaturalMy OwnWonderDiversityGardenLondonBiologyMuseumsAdolescenceFirst LoveMondayZoosNatural History Author:Oliver Sacks
“London is like a dream come true. As I ramble through it I am haunted by the curious feeling of something half-forgotten, but still dimly remembered, like a reminiscence of some previous state of existence. It is at once familiar and strange.” StillsStatesFeelingsDreamExistenceHalfStrangeForgottenLondonFamiliarCuriousRememberedDreams Come True Book:Preaching in London: A Diary of Anglo-American Friendship Source: Preaching in London: A Diary of Anglo-American Friendship