Eccentrics Quote by Jacques Yonnet

“It’s extremely difficult to kill a city! On”

— Geoffrey West

In the city one clings to nostalgic and unreal signs of community, takes forced refuge in codes, badges and coteries; the city's life, of…

— Jonathan Raban

“After the storm the city lies becalmed. It is a sunny morning, still and cold. Branches litter the streets like broken limbs. People clear…

— Deborah Moggach

A little touch of chaos and danger makes a city sexy.

— David Byrne

The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is…

— Charlotte Bronte

“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

(The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for,…

— Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

“There is something joyful about storms that interrupt routine... One can almost hear a unified sigh rise from the nearby city and surrounding countryside…

— W. Paul Young

When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large…

— Ilona Andrews

The city has become a serious menace to our civilization It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant.

— Josiah Strong

“The whole city was dangerous—because of chemicals and the uneven distribution of wealth and so on.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“There is safety in the very heart of danger.”

— Vincent van Gogh