I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.
It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
A building or a town will only be alive to the extent that it is governed in a timeless way. It is a process which brings order out of nothing but ourselves; it cannot be attained, but it will happen of its own accord, if we will only let it.

