Pretty-prose Quote by Michael Montoure

He stepped to the window and pointed to the skyscrapers of the city. He said that we had to extinguish the lights of the…

— Ayn Rand

“He'd grown unused to woods like this. He'd become accustomed to the Northwest, evergreen and shaded dark. Here he was surrounded by soft leaves,…

— Michael Montoure

“The moon was barely visible behind the pillows of clouds. Overhead, the lights caught the drizzle in a slow-motion light show.”

— Duncan B Barlow

“He took me down and out into the afterlife of the brightly lit streets, a haze of rain around each streetlight like a galaxy,…

— Michael Montoure

“The broken centerline of the road in her headlights just an endless pulsing ribbon.”

— Michael Montoure

“I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry quietude over…

— L.M. Montgomery

“The place smelled male, not the metal-and-soap maleness of a locker room nor the malt-and-sawdust maleness of an old-time corner saloon, but the leather-and-oiled-wood…

— Ellery Queen

“The sitting room is subdued, symmetrical; it's one of the shapes money takes when it freezes. Money has trickled through this room for years…

— Margaret Atwood

Architects thrive after massive urban disasters. The abject collapse of East Berlin gave us the only city in Europe with a mighty host of…

— Bruce Sterling

Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress.

— Peter Diamandis

In the later nineteenth century, the tops of skyscrapers often took the shape of domes, surmounted by jaunty gilded lanterns; later came ziggurats, mausoleums,…

— Brendan Gill

Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. It's also,…

— Norman Foster

I remember perfectly my first trip to New York, when I was on the bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, when I saw the skyscrapers.…

— Diego Della Valle

[New York] is a city largely based on great skyscrapers, and they will always be the essence of New York. That won't change, just…

— Donald Trump

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.

— Quentin Blake