The city never really sleeps, but it does suForr anyoned, bleary-eyed comedownots the sun rises andesperately of tryingy's workers stort clockeep in.
Yet, despite wincing and with one eye shut, I read on, hooked by the expectation that in the future, it would be better.
"Be Young and Shut Up!" read one banner at a protest in south-western Toulouse, highlighting the frustration of youths facing an unemployment rate of 25%.
"This den of espionage must be shut down," read the sign outside the room, written by the hostage takers of 1979 in a thick brown marker.
Direct Red is far too literary to be called an exposé, but if you've ever wondered what happens when the hospital trolley rattles off down the corridor and the theatre doors swing shut, after reading Weston's book you will wish you'd never asked.
"Shut Up, Manila," read a placard.
Then he and a dozen other activists walked onto the West Side Highway holding a banner that read "Shut Down This Pipeline".
Three protesters slipped into the opening ceremony for delegates, unfurling a banner that read "Shut Down the Bank," before they were evicted.
"We never insult any prophet — not Moses, not Jesus — so why can't we demand that Muhammad be respected?" Mr. Ali, a 39-year-old textile worker said, holding up a handwritten sign in English that read "Shut Up America".
I'll save all the evidence so that when you are in some particularly nattering mood one day (after a tiresome day with the three kids) I can produce them and tell you to shut up and read them.
I love baking and if I need to relax and shut down, I read.
