Familiarity Quote by Laurie Notaro

“The people feel and look the same, like they've settled here even though they know there's something more-something better-just beyond where they are. Small-town…

— Courtney Summers

“Living in a small town...is like living in a large family of rather uncongenial relations. Sometimes it’s fun, and sometimes it’s perfectly awful, but…

— Joyce Dennys

“Just because you're from a small town doesn't mean that you're small. Don't ever think anyone's more important than you are or has more…

— Gwendolyn Heasley

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

— Richard Peck

“...I suddenly realized what small towns are. They are places where you grow up with the peculiar-you live next to the strange and the…

— John Irving

“...but I suddenly realized what small towns are. They are places where you grow up with the peculiar -- you live next to the…

— John Irving

“People didn't forget anything in a small town.”

— Sarah Dessen

I think there is something special about living in a small town. Everyone knows your business and there is an intimacy you don't get…

— Anita Bryant

“Cities have the capability to at any moment shift out of the familiar, even if you've lived in one all your life.”

— Kate Milford

“To live in a city, one must be larger than one's environment or enjoy belonging to the crowd.”

— Louis L'Amour

“The joy of a small town lies in its unchanging nature.”

— Bryce Courtenay

Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.

— Richard Peck