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title: "4 City Half Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 City Half quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best City Half sayings and thoughts."
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> [“...careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-geddes/careful-the-morning-lest-it-wake-from-slumber-the-city-half/)

[John Geddes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-geddes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/john-geddes-1052_mist_careful-the-morning-lest-it-wake-from-sl_46013.jpg)

> [Right,' said Kai, 'that'll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people. Let me just go dig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marissa-meyer/right-said-kai-that-ll-be-no-problem-in-a-city-of-two-and-a-half/)

[Marissa Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marissa-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/marissa-meyer-586_cities_right-said-kai-that-ll-be-no-problem-in_1453513.jpg)

> [“A city is half beast and half machine, with arteries of fresh water and veins of foul, nerves of telephone and electrical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/a-city-is-half-beast-and-half-machine-with-arteries-of-fresh-water/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/dean-koontz-118_computers_a-city-is-half-beast-and-half-machine-wi_2198775.jpg)

> [Match me such marvel, save in Eastern clime, A rose-red city'half as old asTime'!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burgon/match-me-such-marvel-save-in-eastern-clime-a-rose-red-city-half-as/)

[John Burgon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burgon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/john-burgon-249002_cities_match-me-such-marvel-save-in-eastern-cli_2926734.png)

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