Ankles Quote by Meg Rosoff

It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

— O. Henry

I wish it were true that every child had access to an education that helped them reach their full potential.

— Naomi Alderman

He'd once told me that the art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting…

— Don DeLillo

“It may have seemed like an insane thing to do at the time, but somehow...staying in New York would have been even crazier.”

— Liz Tuccillo

I'd rather see a kid get fixated on something they can turn into a career.

— Temple Grandin

I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now…

— Jon Krakauer

“That's the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You've got no New York to run away…

— Amor Towles

“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

It is a miracle that New York works at all. The whole thing is implausible.

— Anonymous

I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you're a New Yorker? The…

— Lauren Bacall

It'd be crazy to be an all-time great in New York City. That's a dream come true.

— Kevin Knox

You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even the hayseeds…

— O. Henry