"London is a city that sleeps too much. This is the mould of its quality. A magnetic contract: to reinvent itself on the other side of dream, each day. And such dreams, smouldering against the tidal spine of the river, telling and retelling the tales that must be told to manifest a city's bones. Whispering the night architecture back into stone."

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Source : Iain Sinclair (2007). “London: City of Disappearances”, Penguin Global

Iain Sinclair

#Dream Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Night Quotes

“I don't say what God is, but a name That somehow answers us when we are driven To feel and think how little we have to do With what we are.”
“Negative feelings choke the Lordâ€™s word in us.”
“Conflict cannot survive without your participation.”
“At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the West, it is important that writers like me try to highlight the brutal injustices of society.”

Source : "Roars of anger". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2008.
“Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.”
“I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.”
“For me, the music that resonates the most is one with a vision. I think that's what separates artists from entertainers. There are a lot of DJs and producers that make entertaining tracks that are effective in the club. They may make you feel nostalgic, or they may make you feel happy, or anxious or whatever - that can be entertaining, useful, and functional but there could be no vision.”

Source : Source: www.thefader.com
“Eliminate irrelevant and inaccurate comunications about what it means to be male or female, black or white, young or old, rich or poor, disabled or temporarily able-bodied, or to hold a particular belief system.”

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