He had heard the voice of London that lives and breathes beneath the rumble of traffic, a voice like the continual high-pitched shriek you hear when you put your head beneath the waves of the sea. It is the sound of millions and millions of creatures living and struggling and dying and being born. It commands those who hear it to eat or be eaten.. Amanda Craig
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This quote is about the sounds and voices of London, a place where one can be humbled by the magnitude and power of the city. The speaker is comparing the city to a sea and how it commands its inhabitants to eat or be eaten.

Source: A Vicious Circle

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