"There is a fine sense of freedom that……" — Steven Saylor
"There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with no one to meet, no duties, no obligations. I had nothing to do and a thousand nameless, sun-drenched streets to do it in."
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12 Quotes by Steven Saylor
Steven Saylor has 12 quotes on this site.
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In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man…
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When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius,…
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Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and…
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We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us…
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Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily…
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Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of…
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Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees…
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Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us…
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Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a world before, after, or other…
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I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.
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All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a…
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More Cities Quotes
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
— Aristophanes
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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
— Aristotle
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Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one…
— Paul Auster
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were…
— Karen Armstrong
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I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
— Margaret Atwood
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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
— Jane Austen
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
— Diane Ackerman
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.…
— Michelle Bachelet
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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's…
— David Bailey
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My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need…
— Cleveland Abbe
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I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that…
— Alec Baldwin
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