General grant Quote by Henry Adams

“In Venice, Grant let slip a remark that would provide fodder for many satirists: he told a young woman what a fine city it…

— Ron Chernow

“My first impression of Venice was that it might be hard to make anything happen there. Everything seemed to have already happened. Venice seemed…

— Glenn Haybittle

“He was aware for the first time of how quiet the city had gotten. After dark the streets and canals seemed to empty out.…

— Lev Grossman

“The city's canals outnumber those in Venice,”

— Lonely Planet

“Venice invites moral surrender not with a playful wink, but with the understanding that she is and has always been, sluttish under here regal…

— Elle Newmark

He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people…

— Patricia Highsmith

“Venice seems like a wonderful city in which to die a slow and alcoholic death, or to lose a loved one, or to lose…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“But Venice, like Oxford, had kept the background for romance, and, to the true romantic, background was everything, or almost everything.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Streets full of water. Please advise." (Telegram from Venice)”

— Robert Benchly

“The city was a paradox, though maybe it had always been one. You could have an excellent life here, even as everything disintegrated.”

— Meg Wolitzer

“The point of the story is they built the city anyway, you know? You work with what you have. they had this shit river,…

— John Green

“It certainly wasn't the sensible thing to do. [Referring to her move to Italy.]”

— Jennifer Criswell