Backwoods Quote by Elizabeth Massie

“The only thing scarier than leaving a small town is never leaving it at all.”

— Mitch Albom

“their worry that the city was too dangerous, a concern that frustrated me, immeasurably, because I knew where danger really lurked—in the woods behind…

— Roxane Gay

“Anybody who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.”

— Richard Peck

“Everyone in this town is frightening and friendly and kind and awful. But everyone everywhere is.”

— Joseph Fink

“I follow a rule with my life that if something is scary, do it. I’ve lived everywhere in America, and for me, a big…

— Cal Newport

“And somewhere out there, in the river of addicts, alcoholics, wife beaters, doormats, overeducated legalized thieves, fascist police, and bitter rivalries— someone told me…

— Volatalistic Phil

“I like the way the City makes people think they can do what they want and get away with it.”

— Toni Morrison

“The neighbors are scary enough when they're not dead.”

— George A. Romero

“in fact what makes the city a city is that it lets you hide the strangeness in your mind inside its teeming multitudes”

— Orhan Pamuk

“...cities are murky places - hatching grounds for monsters...”

— John Geddes

“I shook my head. "it's not about living in a city." It wasn't. Back then, it wasn't just getting away. It was about not…

— Kat Rosenfield

“Those people were pushing life and night and day in front of them. Life hides everything from people. Their own noise prevents them from…

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline