Quote by Lily Koppel

“Manhattan, When I Was Young,”

— Carole Radziwill

“Manhattan can be beautiful, Ellis, if you are willing to see it and not compare it to what you loved before”

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“All she’d notice was that some things were strange because they reminded her of Brooklyn and that other things were strange because they were…

— Betty Smith

“Already, with the city behind them, New York didn't feel quite real. As if reality only existed where she existed.”

— Maryanne O'Hara

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

— Jennifer Egan

“Objectively, she knew she was in better shape than most, but that was the thing about New York: no matter how much money you…

— Laura Hemphill

“Women of Manhattan, magnificent as they were, they forgot sometimes they weren’t immortal. They could throw themselves like confetti into a fun-filled Friday night,…

— Marisha Pessl

“Manhattan is a small town. It has to be. Only half a dozen places in Kansas are anything else.”

— Raymond Chandler

“They knew that to survive in Manhattan he would have to know something of bitterness before he arrived.”

— Mark Helprin

“The idea that she would leave all of this - the rooms of the house once more familiar and warm and comforting - and…

— Colm Tóibín

“Manhattan is a narrow island surrounded by various miscellaneous items.”

— Roz Chast

“I also had a dim idea that if I walked the streets of New York by myself all night something of the city's mystery…

— Sylvia Plath