Quote by Thomas Pynchon

“in fact what makes the city a city is that it lets you hide the strangeness in your mind inside its teeming multitudes”

— Orhan Pamuk

“The people in the city seem paper thin in the mist. They believe they are dancing to the music of their lives... But I…

— Neil Gaiman

“Even the city seems dead this late at night.”

— Levi Rogers

“It's a strange city... filled with things that are not obvious.”

— A.M. Homes

“Every now and then the city shook its soul out. It assailed you with an image, or a day, or a crime, or a…

— Colum McCann

“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

“It was as if the city itself was preparing for some impending catastrophe. There had always been talks of ghost and darkness here, even…

— K.J. Wignall

“I felt once again the unease of arriving at night in an unknown city--that faint sour panic which seems to cling to a place…

— Laurie Lee

“It was well past midnight, quiet, few people around. All noises had retreated. The night seemed to have its own resonance. At that hour,…

— Sam Thompson

“How cold and foreign this city seemed, that even death could pass unnoticed.”

— Kristen Simmons

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

— Monica Ali

“The city blew the windows of my brain wide open. But being in a place so bright, fast and brilliant made you vertiginous with…

— Hanif Kureishi