Cities Quotes

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Gone is not forgotten, but our lives cannot be a memorial. This city cannot be a memorial. This city has to be a city. Our… — David Levithan
The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The… — Jesse Owens
Will: 'Singing the praises of our fair city? We treat you well here, don't we, James? I doubt I'd have that kind of luck in… — Cassandra Clare
No doubt Carter would describe the underground city in excruciating detail, with exact measurements of each room, boring history on every statue and hieroglyph, and… — Rick Riordan
little sun little moon little dog and a little to eat and a little to love and a little to live for in a little… — Charles Bukowski
It's no accident that the countries that have enjoyed an economic take off have been those that educated girls and then gave them the autonomy… — Sheryl WuDunn
[...] Technology has tended to devaluate the traditional vision-inducing materials. The illumination of a city, for example, was once a rare event, reserved for victories… — Aldous Huxley
I want your first trip to be with me. I want to show you cities and landscapes and teach you how to look at things… — Tove Jansson
A line is a fuse that's lit. The line smolders, the rhyme explodesâ€” and by a stanza a city is blown to bits. — Vladimir Mayakovsky
Right,' said Kai, 'that'll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people. Let me just go dig out my special… — Marissa Meyer
America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill. — Ronald Reagan
You've always lived here, right?" Sarah asked. "Except for the years I went to college." "Didn't you ever want to move away? To experience something… — Nicholas Sparks
(...) I let go, crying and unable to stop because God was such a dirty crook, contemptible skunk, that's what he was for doing that… — John Fante
Thank you to the world for being a wild and inspiring place, full of odd creatures, strange people, and mysterious cities. I hope by and… — Laini Taylor
Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful… — Erik Larson
â€ŽAnd when this intoxication has worn away... when every desire is fulfilled and every language learned- when there are no more distant cities to explore;… — Seth Grahame-Smith
The city?" Tyrion was lost. "What city would that be?" "King's Landing. I am sending you to court." It was the last thing Tyrion Lannister… — George R. R. Martin
Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst,… — James A. Baldwin
But for now, the future, like the past, means nothing. For now, there is only a homestead built of trash and scraps, at the edge… — Lauren Oliver
Beneath the gore and smoke and loam, this book is about the evanescence of life, and why some men choose to fill their brief allotment… — Erik Larson

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