The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.
Source: Through These Men, Harper 56
-- John Mason Brown, (Jul 3 1900-1969), US critic, lecturer; His works include Tonight on Broadway, Morning Faces, 1949 and Through These Men, 1956.