"The spirited horse,
which will try
to win the race
of its own accord,
will run
even faster
if encouraged."
Ovid

WASEEM BRONX ZOO DELI

"The car has become

the carapace,
the protective
and aggressive shell,
of urban
and suburban man."
Marshall Mcluhan

"All cities are mad:
but the madness is gallant.
All cities are beautiful:
but the beauty is grim."
Christopher Morley

"Cities have always been
the fireplaces
of civilization,
whence light and heat
radiated out
into the dark."
Theodore Parker

G'by Big Bird

Early to Bed

"The most merciful
thing in the world,
I think,
is the inability
of the human mind
to correlate
all its contents."
H. P. Lovecraft

"There is an art,
or, rather,
a knack to flying.
The knack lies in learning

how to throw yourself
at the ground

and miss."
Douglas Adams

"No animal should ever
jump up on the dining-room furniture
unless absolutely certain
that he can hold his own
in the conversation."
Fran Lebowitz