Yu's Blog: a sinking arsonist , page 56

"With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed , but even the most..."

“With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed , but even the most...

"And you know that in the long journey ahead of you, when to keep awake against the camel’s swaying..."

“And you know that in the long journey ahead of you, when to keep awake against the camel’s...

"War, which inflicts suffering on the world with its squadrons, Is the perfect demonstration of..."

“War, which inflicts suffering on the world with its squadrons,
Is the perfect demonstration...

"Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much..."

““Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering...

"Journeys to relive your past?” was the Khan’s question at this point, a question which could also..."

““Journeys to relive your past?” was the Khan’s question at this point, a question which could...

"he cannot stop; he must go on to another city, where another of his pasts awaits him, or something..."

“he cannot stop; he must go on to another city, where another of his pasts awaits him, or...

"Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the..."

“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he...

"Does your journey take place only in the past?"

““Does your journey take place only in the past?”” - Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino

"The city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind.Memory is..."

“The city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind.

Memory is...

"However the city may really be, beneath this thick coating of signs , whatever it may contain or..."

“However the city may really be, beneath this thick coating of signs , whatever it may contain...