Belonging Quote by Heidi Heilig

“That's how New York looked: like a gorgeous, easy thing to have, even for me.”

— Jennifer Egan

“New York, he supposed, was home—the city of luxury and mystery, of preposterous hopes and exotic dreams.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I am here as a speck, but I don't feel scared or about to be blown away, I feel like all New York is…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

“I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I rested my cheek against his back and closed my eyes, breathing in his scent. It reminded me of his apartment, and his sheets,…

— Jamie McGuire

“One of the reasons why I liked living in Manhattan was that the city would share your mood the moment you walked out the…

— Jonathan Carroll

“No, what one wanted, really, was the city or anyone in it to see how one suffered. Of course, this being New York, they'd…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“I notice that he keeps his head down, his chin tucked—trying to conceal his face. I lift his chin. “This hiding-in-plain-sight thing only works…

— Emma Chase

“I had never seen anything like New York, and its newness held the promise of my future: dense with the experience I craved -…

— Siri Hustvedt

“He experienced a familiar comfort being in the presence of another person's unknowable pain. More than any landscape, this place felt like home.”

— Adam Haslett

“I am not sure I love New York.”

— Édouard Levé

“...he was reluctant to return to New York, a town less supportive of his sort of art.”

— Lindsay Pollock