Cities Quotes

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate… — Henry David Thoreau
The images I had were of people being driven mad by living in the city. Images of parents who were so hungry and unfulfilled that… — Bret Easton Ellis
I hear Seven Cities natives grow fruit just so they can eat the larvae in them. — Steven Erikson
Cars are all jammed up all along the road and a light turns red and someone honks. In every one of those cars there is… — Deb Caletti
Behold Vo Mimbre," Mandorallen proclaimed with pride, "queen of cities. Upon that rock the tide of Angarak crashed and recoiled and crashed again. Upon this… — David Eddings
Our world is built on adrenaline and getting away with it. Different cities different names. Its a far simpler life to lead when there is… — Ally Carter
There was no moon but the night sky was a riot of crisp and glittering autumn stars. There were streetlights too and lights on buildings… — Neil Gaiman
Before we invented civilization our ancestors lived mainly in the open out under the sky. Before we devised artificial lights and atmospheric pollution and modern… — Carl Sagan
i get a little romantic about the old Empire State. Just looking at it makes me want to play some Frank Sinatra tunes and sway… — Maureen Johnson
She was there, and she was the whole city, and thatâ€™s that. — J D Salinger
When I got to college, the fake ID thing wasn't that important, since pretty much everyone could get away with drinking in New Orleans. But… — Tim Wise
Hospitality is gold in this City; you have to be clever to figure out how to be welcoming and defensive at the same time. When… — Toni Morrison
You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all. — Jonathan Lethem
Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many… — Neil Gaiman
That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams. The girls of 1929. — Anna Godbersen
What's an eBay?" "A mythical place of great magical power." - Jace Wayland and Clary Fray (City of Bones) — Cassandra Clare
Nick and I could become goodwill ambassadors for the city now that the porno shops on 42nd Street are gone. Must make mental note to… — Rachel Cohn
But I was in search of love in those days, and I went full of curiosity and the faint, unrecognized apprehension that here, at last,… — Evelyn Waugh
I live in New York City. I could never live anywhere else. The events of September 11 forced me to confront the fact that no… — Nora Ephron
But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more beautiful. The story… — Donald Miller

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