#london

I'll never forget when we played Shepherd's Bush in London. We played 'I Run To You', and we put the mic out for the last chorus, and you could hear them singing the chorus with the beautiful accent that they have. ↗

— Hillary Scott

#beautiful #bush #chorus #could #forget

To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#book-stores #books #london #reading #life

London is on the whole the most possible form of life. ↗

— Henry James

#city-life #life #london #metropolis #life

I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man, In every Infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. How the Chimney-sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls; And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls. But most thro' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlot's curse Blasts the new born Infant's tear, And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse. ↗

— William Blake

#experience

A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated. ↗

— Jack London

#clubs #london

Nowadays, people resort to all kinds of activities in order to calm themselves after a stressful event: performing yoga poses in a sauna, leaping off bridges while tied to a bungee, killing imaginary zombies with imaginary weapons, and so forth. But in Miss Penelope Lumley's day, it was universally understood that there is nothing like a nice cup of tea to settle one's nerves in the aftermath of an adventure- a practice many would find well worth reviving. ↗

— Maryrose Wood

#england #governess #london #tea #england

After all, bachelors are a challenge. Spinsters are merely pathetic. And in case you hadn't noticed, I'm female. ↗

— Julia Quinn The Duke and I

#julia-quinn #london #the-duke-and-i #historical-romance

London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation. ↗

— G. K. Chesterson

#paris #travel #london

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#sentimental #london

I seem to get recognized more in London and Europe than over here in the States. ↗