“We will never solve the problems of cities unless we like the urban-ness of urban life. Cities aren't villages; they aren't machines; they aren't works of art; and they aren't telecommunications stations. They are spaces for face to face contact of amazing variety and richness. They are spectacle - and what is wrong with that?”

“If we aren't seeing eye to eye with God, there is a good chance His eyes aren't the ones closed.”

“We who live here wear this corner of the city like a comfortable old coat, an extension of our personalities, threadbare yet retaining a beauty of its own.”

“What a person runs from and what a person runs to aren't always as different as we hope.”

“Perhaps we should be happier in our cities were we to respond to them as to nature or dreams: as objects of exploration, investigation and interpretation, settings for voyages of discovery.”

“This is the problem with over-crowded inner-city schools there aren't enough parts for everyone in the nativity story.”

“You're from somewhere, aren't you?”