#shops

I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome. ↗

— Hans Kung

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#bishops #i #i remember #remember #rome

They can't take your house and give it to the mayor's mistress, even if they pay you for it. But they can, apparently, take your house and tear it down to make room for a development of trendy shops and restaurants, a hotel and so on. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

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#development #down #even #give #hotel

In a town like London there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets, and they tend to gravitate towards bookshops, because a bookshop is one of the few places where you can hang about for a long time without spending any money. ↗

— George Orwell

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#bookshops #humor #london #lunatics #madness