Cities Quote by Nina Berberova

No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything…

— Norton Juster

It's the city's crush and heave that move you; its intricacy; its endless life. You know the story about Manhattan as a wilderness purchased…

— Michael Cunningham

The city was asleep on its right side and shaking with violent nightmares. Long puffs of snoring came out of the chimneys. Its feet…

— Anais Nin

New York at night, from its bridges, is a miracle. When I first came to the city, it took all my fantasies and set…

— Melissa Febos

One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has. For the…

— Louis L'Amour

“Within weeks of my arrival in New York, I was someone else, not because there had been a revolution in my psychological makeup or…

— Siri Hustvedt

I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I…

— Ronald Reagan

When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember…

— Benny Goodman

I stared out the window the whole way, because it was raining, which is how I like the city best. It looks like it's…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever seen. It…

— Isidor Isaac Rabi

“The beauty of New York rests on a completely different base. It's unintentional. It arose independent of human design, like a stalagmitic cavern. Forms…

— Milan Kundera

Only after I've seen the visible can I imagine what the invisible is.

— Nikos Kazantzakis