--- title: "1 City Things Quotes By Brian Doyle" description: "1 City Things quotes by Brian Doyle. Plus more from Brian Doyle and more City Things sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/brian-doyle-20302_chicago_what-is-chicagoness-what-is-the-city-mad_2587590.jpg" --- > [“What is Chicagoness? What is the city made of? Why is it different from any other city? What are the things that are here and only here and compose the here of here? He leaned back in his lawn chair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/what-is-chicagoness-what-is-the-city-made-of-why-is-it-different-from/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/brian-doyle-20302_chicago_what-is-chicagoness-what-is-the-city-mad_2587590.jpg) ## More by Brian Doyle > [“I am no heroic figure, but a man like any other, capable of selfish and selfless at once, of light and dark, courage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/i-am-no-heroic-figure-but-a-man-like-any-other-capable-of-selfish-and/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“I began to wonder if he was not very consciously and deliberately choosing particular chapters of his life to tell, in order to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/i-began-to-wonder-if-he-was-not-very-consciously-and-deliberately/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“Schaumburg was a town north and west of Chicago, and Mr Mahoney liked to say that he had been there once, to carry away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/schaumburg-was-a-town-north-and-west-of-chicago-and-mr-mahoney-liked/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“He is only one of a million no, a billion stories you could tell about the living beings on just this side of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/he-is-only-one-of-a-million-no-a-billion-stories-you-could-tell-about/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“All stories are, in some form, prayers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/all-stories-are-in-some-form-prayers/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“One thing I remember with amazement about Chicago is that everyone knew everything before it was splayed lurid and naked in public; you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/one-thing-i-remember-with-amazement-about-chicago-is-that-everyone/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“When I was a kid I thought that the biggest moments in life would be trumpeted and highlighted and italicized somehow, that you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/when-i-was-a-kid-i-thought-that-the-biggest-moments-in-life-would-be/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“You cannot edit your life, and even if I was today offered the chance to never meet her, and so not leave the city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/you-cannot-edit-your-life-and-even-if-i-was-today-offered-the-chance/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/so-much-held-in-a-heart-in-a-lifetime-so-much-held-in-a-heart-in-a/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“...you could see the man being formed, and kew the man to be your good and true friend, as long as life - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/you-could-see-the-man-being-formed-and-kew-the-man-to-be-your-good/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“Everyone thinks that the old days were better, or that they were harder, and the modern times are chaotic and complex, or easier all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/everyone-thinks-that-the-old-days-were-better-or-that-they-were/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“Our hearts are not pure: our hearts are filled with need and greed as much as with love and grace, and we wrestle with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/our-hearts-are-not-pure-our-hearts-are-filled-with-need-and-greed-as/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“...your twenties are the years when a man wends and wanders, searching for who knows what - we say money or love or adventure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/your-twenties-are-the-years-when-a-man-wends-and-wanders-searching/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“The coolest most amazing people I have met in my life, I said, are the ones who are not very interested in power or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/the-coolest-most-amazing-people-i-have-met-in-my-life-i-said-are-the/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) > [“For some years a fishing boat bringing in regular catches, occasional permits filed for charter fishing, one permit filed for whale-watching cruise, a number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/for-some-years-a-fishing-boat-bringing-in-regular-catches-occasional/) [Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city-things/brian-doyle/#itemlist", "name": "1 City Things Quotes By Brian Doyle", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What is Chicagoness? 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