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title: "5 Born City Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“To be born in that city is useful for only one thing: to have always known, almost instinctively, what today, with endless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-ferrante/to-be-born-in-that-city-is-useful-for-only-one-thing-to-have-always/)

[Elena Ferrante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-ferrante/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/elena-ferrante-2338_death_to-be-born-in-that-city-is-useful-for-on_231317.png)

> [How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/how-soon-country-people-forget-when-they-fall-in-love-with-a-city-it/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/toni-morrison-271_born_how-soon-country-people-forget-when-they_1198844.jpg)

> [“They were born in the city from people born elsewhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionne-brand/they-were-born-in-the-city-from-people-born-elsewhere/)

[Dionne Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dionne-brand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/dionne-brand-28185_birth_they-were-born-in-the-city-from-people-b_2439175.jpg)

> [Some people are born for the city. I'm not one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-lowell/some-people-are-born-for-the-city-i-m-not-one-of-them/)

[Elizabeth Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-lowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/elizabeth-lowell-11962_born_some-people-are-born-for-the-city-i-m-no_2804944.jpg)

> [I was born in a city and I didn't think I'd ever want to leave the city life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-etheridge/i-was-born-in-a-city-and-i-didn-t-think-i-d-ever-want-to-leave-the/)

[Neil Etheridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-etheridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/neil-etheridge-31114_born_i-was-born-in-a-city-and-i-didn-t-think_3191016.jpg)

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