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> [“The big weekend rush is on. The big city emptying itself out at once. Just a skeleton crew left to keep it going until Monday morning. Everybody getting out - everybody but me, everybody but those who are coming here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/the-big-weekend-rush-is-on-the-big-city-emptying-itself-out-at-once/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

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> [“They came out into the open, and it was the grimy backwaters of Jersey City now. Tall factory stacks, and fires burning, and spreads of stagnant stinking water. On and on the ride went. On and on and on. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/they-came-out-into-the-open-and-it-was-the-grimy-backwaters-of-jersey/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

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## Other authors on Big city

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## More by Cornell Woolrich

> [“He should have caught up with me inside of fifteen minutes at the outside, if he'd been able to get on the next train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/he-should-have-caught-up-with-me-inside-of-fifteen-minutes-at-the/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“Home? What is home? Home is where a house is that you come back to when the rainy season is about to begin, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/home-what-is-home-home-is-where-a-house-is-that-you-come-back-to-when/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“Gates got up, but not fast or jerkily, with the same slowness that had always characterized him. He wiped the sweat off his palms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/gates-got-up-but-not-fast-or-jerkily-with-the-same-slowness-that-had/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“As the bartender struck a match to light her cigarette, she put her hand on his wrist to steady it. Travis saw him jump,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/as-the-bartender-struck-a-match-to-light-her-cigarette-she-put-her/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“That was enough dialogue for a few pages - he had to get into some fast, red-hot action. There weren't any more hitches now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/that-was-enough-dialogue-for-a-few-pages-he-had-to-get-into-some-fast/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“Murder is such an elastic term, isn't it? ("Mind Over Murder")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/murder-is-such-an-elastic-term-isn-t-it-mind-over-murder/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“She was beautiful, only hers was the dark beauty of night, just as Sherry's was the bright beauty of daytime. Her hair was raven-black,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/she-was-beautiful-only-hers-was-the-dark-beauty-of-night-just-as/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“And I still say it was just a coincidence;' he muttered pugnaciously. 'You say it too! Look at me and say it! It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/and-i-still-say-it-was-just-a-coincidence-he-muttered-pugnaciously/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“And then finally she came - and the whole world faded out around us and we were just alone on the crowded sidewalk. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/and-then-finally-she-came-and-the-whole-world-faded-out-around-us-and/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“One of the two owners, the man who had been sitting in the front room, was stretched out in there asleep, stockinged-toes pointed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/one-of-the-two-owners-the-man-who-had-been-sitting-in-the-front-room/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“But that's the Way, and there is no other. And once his mind's made up, the trembling and aimless walking stops, and he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/but-that-s-the-way-and-there-is-no-other-and-once-his-mind-s-made-up/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“He just lingers long enough to see his plane put to bed properly, then grabs a cab at the airport-gate. "The Settlement" and forgetting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/he-just-lingers-long-enough-to-see-his-plane-put-to-bed-properly-then/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“There was a pause, while I fought against this other, lesser kind of death that was creeping over me - this death called strangeness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/there-was-a-pause-while-i-fought-against-this-other-lesser-kind-of/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“Every life is a mystery. And every story of every life is a mystery. But it is not what happens that is the mystery.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/every-life-is-a-mystery-and-every-story-of-every-life-is-a-mystery/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

> [“Evans made himself their spokesman. "Charlie and Joe," he offered. "Remember us? We brought a friend back with us this time." Girls evidently didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/evans-made-himself-their-spokesman-charlie-and-joe-he-offered/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

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