A fascinating, yet mysterious sight is the view of a city by night. Myriads of windows with a light behind them make you think of homes, rooms, people. You wonder who those people might be, what their thoughts, their feelings are. You try to imagine their lives. Behind the window of a tall building you can see a clerk who is hurriedly endeavoring to finish their work in order to go home to their family. Or maybe it's a big boss who is getting ready to go to a party or a night on the town. Behind the window of a house in the suburbs it's easy to imagine a family around the table having dinner and sharing the day's happenings. On the other hand, the clerk may be heading to an empty house and the big boss may be going to face a quarrelsome partner. It's also possible that the happy family in the suburbs is having dinner in silence, each member by himself, angry, dissatisfied or resentful. So many lit-up windows, so many people, so many stories. You know nothing about them, they are strangers to you. Yet, one of their stories might be your own.
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