“Rome has an ambiance, puerile yet unmatchable. Rome hints at the possibility of becoming the main actor in the drama of one’s own life. (The hint is false, of course; but the stolid northern cities do not even possess the hint.)”

—  Robert Sheckley

Source: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 2 (pp. 19-20)

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