Quote by Peter James

“glittery illusion where, like the facelifts of fading stars, nothing was permanent.”

— Peter James

“Around us the city glittered in shades of orange and silver, like a paste jewel in a tinfoil crown.”

— Alexis Hall

“It looks like the whole city is made out of stars.”

— Brian Selznick

“The city shined in the sunlight like a bunch of metallic boobs. What? I'm not a poet. They look like boobs.”

— Andy Weir

“The city was a paradox, though maybe it had always been one. You could have an excellent life here, even as everything disintegrated.”

— Meg Wolitzer

“And the city itself was just a glow on the dark earth...”

— Monica Ali

“One of my greatest obsessions is the lights of a city. Through my eyes there is nothing so delicious and rich and lovely.”

— K.B. Ezzell

“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces.…

— Rasmenia Massoud

“What I found in a city—when I finally saw a real one—was disquieting. Nothing matched. It was a weird assemblage of things, but there…

— Marcel Theroux

“All over the city lights were coming on in the purple-blue dusk. The street lights looked delicate and frail, as though they might suddenly…

— Elizabeth Enright

“This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“The city was a paradox, though maybe it had always been one. You could have an excellent life here, even as everything disintegrated. The…

— Meg Wolitzer