#326: Notre Dame
‘The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation’s effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius…’ – Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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#325: Leaf
‘In every change, in every falling leaf there is some pain, some beauty. And that’s the way new leaves grow.’ – Amit Ray
#324: Prison
‘That’s all the freedom we can hope for – the freedom to choose our prison.’ – L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle
#323: Avenue des Champs-Élysées
‘He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.’ – Victor Hugo
#322: Père Lachaise cemetery
‘The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.’ – Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais
#321: Off season
‘Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.’ – Victor Hugo
#320: From the air
‘Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.’ – Leonardo da Vinci
#319: St Pancras International
‘I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.’ – Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
#318: Ripped
‘It seemed I was torn; I wanted my goodbye, and I didn’t. I wanted him to make me stay, and I wanted to go.’ – Sam Mariano, Because of You
#317: A dog’s opinion
‘If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.’ – Woodrow Wilson