Lake tahoe Quote by Neil Peart

We went to L.A. as a family, with a sort of vision that we were going to 'make it,' whatever that meant.

— Summer Phoenix

“Becoming a lake has put a lot of things in perspective for me.”

— Heather Christle

The first time I ever visited L.A., I wanted to move here. It's the land of opportunity.

— Cordae

“What is Chicagoness? What is the city made of? Why is it different from any other city? What are the things that are here…

— Brian Doyle

“The lake i had grown up on was protected by thousands of acres of private forests. It kept out the reality of a harsher…

— Michael Gates Gill

“Suddenly, we had our own Joads--ill clothed and beleaguered, trudging along the alleyways past the oil drum fires, past the shanties and flophouses, under…

— Amor Towles

“I expected Los Angeles to be slick and modern, but overall it had a rundown look and feel to it. Sort of like Denver.…

— Gary Reilly

“But the big hills up at the lake helped to make him feel that the houseboat man did not matter. The hills had been…

— Arthur Ransome

L.A. is such a big city, and there's so much going on. I mean, you know you're in L.A. when you can just hear…

— Cassie Steele

“They were assembling a rocket there. It was a big rocket. It all more or less made sense. There was no cargo too big…

— Neal Stephenson

A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.

— Dan Gilroy

“Bosch had never liked Las Vegas, though he came often on cases. It shared a kinship with Los Angeles; both were places desperate people…

— Michael Connelly