Cities Quotes

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He wanted to heave the glasses against the wall. Break them, break everything he could reach. Beat it, rend it. He stared out the window,… — Nora Roberts
Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench. — Chief Seattle
Twenty-three stories up and all I could see out the windows was grey smog. They could call it the City of the Angels if they… — Laurell K. Hamilton
There are so many cities in every single city. — David Mitchell
The trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up. — Charles Bukowski
As we walk back, it feels like the city is engulfing us. Adrenalin still pours through our veins. Sparks flow through to our fingers. We've… — Markus Zusak
Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads… — H P Lovecraft
Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy… — Brandon Sanderson
Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing. — Jeffrey Eugenides
A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England. — Rudyard Kipling
Everything in modern city life is calculated to keep man from entering into himself and thinking about spiritual things. Even with the best of intentions… — Thomas Merton
You will always go into that tent. You will see her scar and wonder where she got it. You will always be amazed at how… — Catherynne M. Valente
Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl… — Neil Gaiman
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
I sit on the steps in the heat of the sun and listen as one by one these car alarms extinguish themselves until once more… — Douglas Coupland
Sheâ€™d survived the Drowned Cities because she wasnâ€™t anything like Mouse. When the bullets started flying and warlords started making examples of peacekeeper collaborators, Mahlia… — Paolo Bacigalupi
But tales like this must not be taken as truth. You must remind yourself that it is hard to tell where truth ends and a… — Arlene J. Chai
I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. — Paulo Coelho
Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi… — William Dalrymple
In the time between the two wars, a British colonial officer said that with the invention of the airplane the world has no secrets left.… — Heinrich Harrer

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