The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life as an entirety, the more it glows, the more it has that self-maintaining fire which is the quality without a name.
“You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.”
“The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.”