Cities Quotes
4162 quotes by 2604 authors
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So, if a city has a personality, maybe it also has a soul. Maybe it dreams.
— Neil Gaiman
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I'm going to stay here and see if he comes back," Wrath said as the double doors opened and V strode in. "I want the…
— J R Ward
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I’m never sad when a friend goes far away, because whichever city or country that friend goes to, they turn the place friendly. They turn…
— Helen Oyeyemi
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I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Suddenly it wasn't only a personal thing to me. I could picture hundreds and hundreds of boys living on the wrong sides of cities, boys…
— S E Hinton
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She missed the built environment of New York City. It was only in an urban landscape, amid straight lines and architecture, that she could situate…
— Ruth Ozeki
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Do you remember when we stood together on Blackfriars Bridge?†he asked softly, and his eyes were like that night had been, all black and…
— Cassandra Clare
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I saw the destruction of Dresden. I saw the city before and then came out of an air-raid shelter and saw it afterward, and certainly…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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I rather wonder what I am doing here. I enjoy city life, you know. The glittering lights, the constant companionship, the liquid entertainment. The lack…
— Cassandra Clare
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Four thousand years ago, we, the people of the Indus River basin, had cities that were laid out on grids and boasted underground sewers, while…
— Mohsin Hamid
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The cities, the roads, the countryside, the people I meet - they all begin to blur. I tell myself I am searching for something. But…
— Khaled Hosseini
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When you are alone - at sea, in the polar dark - an absence can keep you alive. The one you love maintains your mind.…
— Anne Michaels
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We didn't speak, just drove out of the city into the countryside on our way to absolutely nowhere, and when we found that perfect spot…
— Annabel Pitcher
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Hello, Uncle Brother Zachariah," James said without opening his eyes. "I would say that I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm sure this is the…
— Cassandra Clare
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Cities are erected on spiritual columns. Like giant mirrors, they reflect the hearts of their residents. If those hearts darken and lose faith, cities will…
— Elif Safak
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I am too sick to lay down the sidewalks frighten me the whole damned city frightens me, what I will become what I have become…
— Charles Bukowski
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A sickening howl stopped her, sucking the air out of her lungs. The night's chatter silenced, even the loitering city rats pausing to listen. Scarlet…
— Marissa Meyer
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I hear in the big city, girls dress up like sexy witches and sexy vampires and sexy Easter bunnies, and go to parties where they…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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Knowing they were in the same city again made the missing him flare up inside her. In her stomach. Why were people always going on…
— Rainbow Rowell
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There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take on step, then find yourself in…
— Brandon Sanderson
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