The Archive is the collection of all material traces left behind by a particular historical period and culture which one can use to deduce a historical a priori.

Archive is a kind of thought in which the eye goes beyond things to visibilities and language goes beyond words to utterances.

The Bookstore is a barometer for a society.

The Bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

The Bookstore is the center of civilization.

The Bookstore is a sturdy reminder there are good things in this world.

The City is not a concrete jungle, but a human zoo.

The City is itself a threatening natural disaster.

The City is a place where time becomes visible and mind takes form.

City is the only desert still available to us.