The Promenade Is A Special Subset Of

Beauty Is Often Spoken Of As Though It Only Stirs Lust Or Admiration, But The Most Beautiful People Are So In A Way That Makes Them Look Like Destiny Or Fate Or Meaning, The Heroes Of A Remarkable Story.

The Magic Of The Street Is The Mingling Of The Errand And The Epiphany.

Cities Have Always Offered Anonymity, Variety, And Conjunction, Qualities Best Basked In By Walking: One Does Not Have To Go Into The Bakery Or The Fortune-teller's, Only To Know That One Might. A City Always Contains More Than Any Inhabitant Can Know, And A Great City Always Makes The Unknown And The Possible Spurs To The Imagination.

People Rescue Each Other. They Build Shelters And Community Kitchens And Ways To Deal With Lost Children And Eventually Rebuild One Way Or Another.

Books Are Solitudes In Which We Meet.