Coast Quote by Darcey Steinke

“North Carolina has a monument to [Peter Francisco], and no one knows that. That's the kind of stuff that drives me.”

— Travis Scott Bowman

“Nw a kind of no-man's-land occupied by a neo-Elizabethan hugger-mugger of racketeers, drug dealers, gangsters and abortionists, the shark-toothed area seemed only a rowdier…

— Pico Iyer

“Women who were so skinny that their hip bones stuck out just pissed me off. If I wanted a bumpy ride I'd take my…

— Bethany Lopez

“A hot city, slaked out on the banks of the Mississippi, with too much of its muscle showing to be a dignified city.”

— Richard Jessup

“It was my father who called the city the Mansion on the River. He was talking about Charleston, South Carolina, and he was a…

— Pat Conroy

“Across the river, fields of poppies stretched along the bank, the delicate scarlet heads dancing in the breeze, carefree and flourishing.”

— Bella Forrest

“The only thing here was a long gray ribbon of road, stretched like tape stuck by a toddler onto a rolling carpet of green…

— Beth Harbison

“It was the sort of smile that lies on sandbanks waiting for incautious swimmers.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Women get boob jobs to give themselves a certain edge. Frankly, I don't see why they nearly kill themselves trying to diet off their…

— Kim Brittingham

“Charlotte is a city with both feet planted firmly in the New South, with the emphasis on the 'new'.”

— Harry Hoover

“After we flew across the country we got in bed, laid our bodies delicately together, like a map, laid face to face, East to…

— Sharon Olds

“Seabird tracks scattered about the surf's edge like pine needles after a brisk wind.”

— Haruki Murakami