…if you could read people’s thoughts as they were passing you on the streets of any given place, you would discover that most them are thinking the same thought. Whatever that majority thought might be—that is the word of the city. And if your personal word does not match the word of the city, then you don’t really belong there
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Liz Gilbert

Eat . Pray . Love

This is a quote I always take with me on my travels.  What will be Hanoi’s “word,” will it complement mine?  I once lived in Los Angeles, and the word that the majority of those smoggy Angelinos are running around repeating in their heads according to Ms. Gilbert is SUCCEED.  Now up to that point, I thought that was my word.

Now I know it isn’t.