Cities Quotes

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Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I would destroy the city if something happened to you. I can't even bear the thought of it. — Anne Mallory
The people are immensely likableâ€” cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted, and unfailingly obliging. Their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water. They have… — Bill Bryson
Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city? — Brandon Sanderson
If there is one fact we really can prove, from the history that we really do know, it is that despotism can be a development,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Intelligent, thinking people could take things like this in their stride, just as they took the larger absurdities of deadly dull jobs in the city… — Richard Yates
Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual. — Angela Carter
Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair; And it's sweet… — Henry Van Dyke
The old Paris is no more (the form of a city changes faster, alas! than a mortal's heart). — Charles Baudelaire
Tess had said that the river was liable to wash the palace and the city and the whole kingdom off the rocks, and then there… — Kristin Cashore
I was walking along a path with two friends â€“ the sun was setting â€“ suddenly the sky turned blood red â€“ I paused, feeling… — Edvard Munch
I'll show Luke I can fit into the city. I'll show him I can be a true New Yorker. I'll go the gym, and then… — Sophie Kinsella
Lia: "You've changed your mind about wanting to marry me. You're afraid I'll burn down your home. Embarrass you in front of all the other… — Shana Abe
And in the city on all sides, the howling of the Hounds rose in an ear-shattering, soul-flailing crescendo. The Lord of Death had arrived, to… — Steven Erikson
The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone was… — Scott Westerfeld
The key to the city of Florence was about two feet long, and painted a garish gold. Hamilton was fascinated by it. "Wow! How big… — Gordon Korman
Even the sober desire for progress is sustained by faithâ€”faith in the intrinsic goodness of human nature and in the omnipotence of science. It is… — Eric Hoffer
The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if… — David Nicholls
there was something about that city, though it didn't let me feel guilty that I had no feeling for the things so many others needed.… — Charles Bukowski
We (men) would rather lose an arm out a city bus window than tell you simply, â€œYouâ€™re not the one.â€ We are quite sure you… — Greg Behrendt

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