"It was so easy to disappear, so easy……" — Erik Larson
"It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had taken root. This was Chicago, on the eve of the greatest fair in history."
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Erik Larson
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26 Quotes by Erik Larson
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Great murderers, like great men in other walks of activity, have blue eyes.
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Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because…
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Place has always been important to me, and one thing today's Chicago exudes, as it did in 1893, is a…
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No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck.
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Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world
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Leaves hung in the stillness like hands of the newly dead.
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Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere.
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I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics.
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I pride myself on having a journalistic remove.
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I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found…
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I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of…
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I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of…
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Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
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No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
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I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
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In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first…
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I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community…
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I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago…
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The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.
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I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved…
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