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title: "2 City Instead Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/chicago-seems-a-big-city-instead-of-merely-a-large-place/)

[A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/a-j-liebling-15045_big-city_chicago-seems-a-big-city-instead-of-mere_567246.png)

> [New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead-an-infinitely-romantic-notion/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2167139.jpg)

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