California Quote by Donald Dale Jackson

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate gratification.

— Joan Didion

“To pile on the agony, once we reached Shantytown-a collection of shacks around the Exhibition that fed off the scraps of rich tourists—the ribbon…

— Susan Dennard

“WAFFLE HOUSE Two words that spelled oasis across the Southland.”

— Sean Chercover

“THE BLUE GLACIER SALOON was part general store, part restaurant, part bar. It was my fantasy come true, a Stuckey’s that served shots.”

— Molly Harper

“As it is, the town is hell's delight.”

— Christopher Fry

“A no-name place, as far as I could see, but it had a miserable cafe-cum-garage-cum-funeral parlor shared by a gang of silent locals and…

— David Mitchell

“In those far off days, legendary folk trod the glory road of sharp steel and high adventure.”

— William Alan Webb

“we rolled into a small hole of a town that had one traffic light and a restaurant simply marked DINER. There hadn't been any…

— Richelle Mead

Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time.

— Artie Lange

“I loved county fairs in the South. It was hard to believe that anything could be so consistently cheap and showy and vulgar year…

— Pat Conroy

“Somehow this redneck town allows the possibility of a middle-aged New York City woman bouncing round a house alone more generously than Woodstock or…

— Chris Kraus

“A small container of Rocky Road lands on the counter next to me. “I figured Rocky Road was appropriate to pave the way to…

— Meghan March