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"It seemed as if the rock and castle assumed a new aspect every time I looked at them; and Arthur?s Seat was perfect witchcraft. I don?t wonder that anyone residing in Edinburgh should write poetically."
-- Letter from American writer, Washington Irving, to his brother, Peter, on a visit to Walter Scott in 1817


"Can there anywhere be a more beautiful and beguiling city to arrive at by train early on a crisp, dark Novembery evening than Edinburgh?"
-- Notes from a Small Island
Bill Bryson

"'Does the Firth have a Forth?' I replied drolly and nudged him in the ribs."
-- Notes from a Small Island
Bill Bryson

"What, she had wondered, would Edinburgh be like if it were not so beautiful? If Edinburgh looked, for instance - well, one had to say it, like Glasgow?"
-- 44 Scotland Street
Alexander McCall Smith

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