This Is Port Of Spain To Me, A City Ideal In Its Commercial And Human Proportions, Where A Citizen Is A Walker And Not A Pedestrian, And This Is How Athens May Have Been Before It Became A Cultural Echo. - SearchQuotes

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This is Port of Spain to me, a city ideal in its commercial and human proportions, where a citizen is a walker and not a pedestrian, and this is how Athens may have been before it became a cultural echo.

Derek Walcott

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