“Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings.”
“I'm battling monsters, I'm pulling you out of the burning buildings/ and you say I'll give you anything but you never come through.”
“Give me a hero and I'll give you a tragedy.”
“Venice is a quantum city, a Schroedinger's cat of a map.”
“I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library—subway maps, bus maps, and regular maps—and try to memorize them. I’m afraid of getting lost; no, I’m afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape.”