Mwahaki King Photography: MONTRÉAL

Notre Dame Basilica || Mwahaki King Photography

“C’est un plaisir que de supputer, subodorer, côtoyer le mystère qui se tramait dans les quartiers, villages et ruelles de Montréal, et de se demander comment tout ça allait finir. J’avais confiance. J’avais confiance en l’humanité entière qui arrivait à Montréal, en l’humanité qui unissait Montréal aux autres villes du monde, celles qui fascinent par leur site, comme Istanbul, celles qui fascinent par leur prestige, comme Paris, par leur taille, comme New York, par leur élan, comme Shanghai, par leur lourdeur, comme Moscou. Montréal fascine par son mystère, rien de plus, mais rien de moins, me disais-je.”― Monique LaRue, L'Oeil de Marquise

(English: It's a pleasure to ponder, to guess, to rub shoulders with the mystery that was going on in the neighborhoods, villages and alleys of Montreal, and to wonder how it was going to end. I had faith. I had faith in the whole humanity that came to Montreal; in the humanity that united Montreal to the other cities of the world. The ones that fascinate by their site, like Istanbul, the ones that fascinate by their prestige, like Paris, by their size like New York, by their momentum, like Shanghai, by their heaviness, like Moscow. Montreal fascinates with its mystery, nothing more, but nothing less, I told myself.)