that since Cecilia’s suicide, the Lisbon’s could hardly wait for the night to forget themselves in sleep

Virgin suicide What was that she cried? No use in stayin' On this holocaust ride She gave me her cherry She's my virgin suicide

Whenever we got a glimpse, their faces looked indecently revealed, as though we were used to seeing women in veils.

Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other hand, was an American city and therefore dedicated to money, and so design had given way to expediency.

In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.

Just like ice, lives crack, too. Personalities. Identities.