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> [“It is necessary to find one's own way in New York. New York City is not hospitable. She is very big and she has no heart. She is not charming. She is not sympathetic. She is rushed and noisy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/it-is-necessary-to-find-one-s-own-way-in-new-york-new-york-city-is/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

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> [New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a homesickness that baffles us until we go away from her, and then we realize why we are restless. At home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/new-york-does-nothing-for-those-of-us-who-are-inclined-to-love-her/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

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## Other authors on Homesick

## More by Maeve Brennan

> [“It is necessary to find one's own way in New York. New York City is not hospitable. She is very big and she has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/it-is-necessary-to-find-one-s-own-way-in-new-york-new-york-city-is/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

> [Home is a place in the mind. When it is empty, it frets. It is fretful with memory, faces and places and times gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/home-is-a-place-in-the-mind-when-it-is-empty-it-frets-it-is-fretful/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

> [New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a homesickness that baffles us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/new-york-does-nothing-for-those-of-us-who-are-inclined-to-love-her/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

> [“ON THE A TRAIN There were no seats to be had on the A train last night, but I had a good grip on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/on-the-a-train-there-were-no-seats-to-be-had-on-the-a-train-last/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

> [Home is a place in the mind. When it is empty, it frets. It is fretful with memory, faces and places and times gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/home-is-a-place-in-the-mind-when-it-is-empty-it-frets-it-is-fretful-2/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

> [All we have to face in the future is what has happened in the past. It is unbearable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-brennan/all-we-have-to-face-in-the-future-is-what-has-happened-in-the-past-it/)

[Maeve Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-brennan/)

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