Money Quote by Ned Vizzini

“I hate Brooklyn.”

— Cassandra Clare

There are lots of different sides to Brooklyn. It has so much character.

— Stephanie Beatriz

“I know second-generation New Yorkers who have never been to Brooklyn;”

— Pete Hamill

“We undid a button, turned out the light, and in that narrow bed we built the great city - ... until the sun rose…

— D. Nurske

“To people from 'Brooklyn-Brooklyn' North Brooklyn is really just South Queens.”

— Cat Agonis

Brooklyn is a very weird borough.

— Keeth Smart

Brooklyn has a bit of everything - some of the most beautiful things in America, and some of the most wretched, ugly, impoverished things.

— Paul Auster

Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan.

— Jonathan Franzen

I admit I keep a clichéd ironic distance with many things in the world, but Brooklyn is not one of them.

— Gregory Pardlo

Brooklyn has become a brand, and it represents something, and there is this tension between the old and new world.

— Eliza Hittman

“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

“Alright, beats,” Tee said. “Mina — you want crime?” “Actually …” She squirmed in her chair and tugged at the scarf she had wrapped…

— Daniel José Older