Abandonment Quote by Ann Douglas

“I was starting to get to know the city, and when that happens in a screwed-up place, it’s time to leave.”

— Nelson DeMille

“There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering empty streets with no destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I'm…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“You’ve lived in the city for a long time and need to feel that you have a hometown.”

— Gao Xingjian

“I'm in love with the cities and people I've never met.”

— John Green

“I even gave up, for a while, stopping by the window of the room to look out at the lights and deep, illuminated streets.…

— Philip K. Dick

“I consider myself fortunate to have spent most of my life away from city living.”

— Steven Magee

“You will always end up in this city. Don’t hope for things elsewhere: there is no ship for you, there is no road. As…

— C.P. Cavafy

“You can't love a city if you have no memories burried there.”

— Marina Tavares Dias

“The city was lovely. There could be no place in the world to which he belonged so completely. That was why he'd always dreamed…

— Daniel Alarcón

“If you never left again, I would still spend the rest of my life missing you.”

— Tessa Bailey

“To return to the city of one's birth always felt like retreat.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“How was I supposed to keep living in this town when everything I saw reminded me of someone I'd lost?”

— Morgan Matson