“The streets of Paris had a way of making me stop in my tracks, my heart suspended. They seemed saturated with presence, even if there was no one there but me. These were places where something could happen, or had happened, or both.”

-Lauren Elkin, Flâneuse

“Just close your eyes and let’s pretend we’re dancing in the street in Barcelona.”

– Ed Sheeran

“The best way to lose yourself is to lose yourself in the beauty of Hawaii.”
–Mahatma Gandhi

 “In Rome, one had simply to sit still and feel.”
– E.M. Forster