Life Quote by Charles McCabe

“One day, they will wake up to an extremely unbearable ocean of sameness. (re: changing San Francisco)”

— Guillermo Gómez-Peña

“I was born and raised in San Francisco, which explains my willingness to stay in a city that's historically been full of people who…

— Seanan McGuire

“We are never tired of life. But we may grow tired of our idea of life.”

— Akemi G

“Mom said we should all live near the Pacific Ocean at least once in our lives, so we kept going all the way to…

— Jeannette Walls

“I love San Francisco," she said. "I lived there when I was a child.”

— Barbara Freethy

“San Francisco’s a big city, but it can feel like a small town in some ways,” he offered.”

— Alice Clayton

If you’re alive, you can’t be bored in San Francisco. If you’re not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life.

— William Saroyan

“That’s the downside to San Diego. Once you live here, you never want to live anywhere else. Unfortunately everyone else already lives here.”

— Kiersten White

“This (San Francisco) is the most beautiful city in America, Probably because it looks nothing like America”

— Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov

“Like so many other San Franciscans whose paycheck isn't tied to an app or a private bus ride to the Peninsula, you wait to…

— Oscar Villalon

“However, in this city (San Francisco) that prides itself in being so progressive, it feels like we need to go back and master something…

— Crystal Sykes

“The university is located between San Francisco, Oakland and my internal wish to kill myself.”

— L.J. Shen