"I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained."
—John Watson, A Study in Scarlet
"He who is sick of London is sick of life."
— From a suicide note
"There's a hole in the world,
Like a great black pit,
And the vermin of the world,
Inhabit it,
And its morals aren't worth,
What a pig could spit'
And it goes by the name of London."
Like a great black pit,
And the vermin of the world,
Inhabit it,
And its morals aren't worth,
What a pig could spit'
And it goes by the name of London."
Mike Stamford: What about you, just staying in town till you get yourself sorted?
John Watson: I can't afford London on an army pension.
Mike Stamford: And you couldn't bear to be anywhere else.
— Sherlock
"Yes, London. You know: fish, chips, cup 'o tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary fucking Poppins... LONDON."
—Cousin Avi, Snatch.
"Oh, maybe it's because I'm a Londoner... and I love London Town!"
—"Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner", Flannagan and Allen
"This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything"
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything"
— Gerry Rafferty, "Baker Street"
