Brooklyn Quotes

220 quotes by 182 authors

You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of these trees through… — Betty Smith
I heard Amos yell, â€œFor Brooklyn!â€ It was an odd battle cry. — Rick Riordan
There once was a miller with a daughter as lovely as a grape. He told the king that she could spin gold out of common… — Anne Sexton
It meant that she belonged some place. She was a Brooklyn girl with a Brooklyn name and a Brooklyn accent. She didn't want to change… — Betty Smith
I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House, Amos had told… — Rick Riordan
Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?" "They're beanies." "They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn." "But I'm not in Brooklyn." "But you're still… — Betty Smith
Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it… — Betty Smith
And our lips. There isn't enough skin, enough spit, enough time, for the lost years that our lips are trying to make up for as… — Gayle Forman
There were days, rainy gray days, when the streets of Brooklyn were worthy of a photograph, every window the lens of a Leica, the view… — Patti Smith
And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least… — Meg Cabot
Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true… — Betty Smith
Far below ran the silver ribbon of the East River, braceleted by shining bridges, flecked by boats as small as flyspecks, splitting the shining banks… — Cassandra Clare
If anyone asks you if youâ€™re taken,â€ I said, â€œthe answer is yes.â€ â€œI think I can live with that,â€ he promised. â€œGood,â€ I said.… — Rick Riordan
God, you mean I lost my virginity to the apocalypse?" Morgan sighed again. "The whole thing was really embarrassing; my parents sent me to Brooklyn… — Scott Westerfeld
And," Amber said, practically drooling as she ogled him, "it's tradition for new arrivals to help with the pep rally." Brooklyn quirked her lips in… — Darynda Jones
I've been thinking," Brooklyn said as I gawked at the god sitting next to me, "if you get all lovey-dovey and decide to elope to… — Darynda Jones
Normally my sister, Sadie, or some of our other initiates from Brooklyn House would've come with me. But they were all at the First Nome,… — Rick Riordan
My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school, So? Did you… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
I live in Brooklyn, and I love all the hipsters and all the artisanal bacon you can get here now. I consider New York my… — Julie White
I lived in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for about 10 years, and then we moved out to Jersey City after my wife and I bought a… — Pablo Schreiber

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