First-sentences Quote by Sylvia Plath

“I knew something was wrong with me that summer, because all I could think about was the Rosenbergs and how stupid I'd been to…

— Sylvia Plath

“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they executed the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. I'm…

— Sylvia Plath

“I fooled you, Ethel, I knew who you were all along. I can't believe you fell for that ma stuff. I just wanted to…

— Tony Kushner

“I knew I had to break up with Ann Rosenberg after she chose a teal dress for the prom. I had never heard of…

— Brian Selznick

“Manhattan, When I Was Young,”

— Carole Radziwill

“MY FIRST SUMMER living in New York, I couldn’t wait for”

— Michael Thomas Ford

“New York gets god awful cold in the winter but there's a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in the streets.”

— Jack Kerouac

“I loved being surrounded by queer people. It was like being in a safe bubble that could only be burst by our own drama…

— Santino Hassell

“It's by far the frostiest thing I've ever seen. I'm going to be the cop who ate Manhattan.”

— JD Robb

“New Yorkers hustled past in every direction, somehow managing not to run smack into one another. A dozen scents hit her at once. Car…

— Tessa Bailey

“Another day working in the Borough of the Damned.”

— Portia Da Costa

“It may have seemed like an insane thing to do at the time, but somehow...staying in New York would have been even crazier.”

— Liz Tuccillo