Children Quote by Thomas Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow

“The town lay beneath their feet, its outskirts in ruin from the negligence of arrogant people who thought it was acceptable to let everything…

— Konstantina P

“There is a city beneath the streets”

— Robert E. Sullivan Jr

“I had grown to love the very city in all its decrepit grandeur. I had walked every inch of it by now. I knew…

— Jacqueline Carey

“The seed of an urban legend finding fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“The truth sometimes reminds me of a city buried in sand. As time passes, the sand piles up even thicker, and occasionally it's blown…

— Haruki Murakami

“The city shall be cleared of any dirt, if every community acts collectively.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“We were treading dry old ground, stepping between old footprints.”

— Ed McDonald

“I scuff the toe of my boot through the dirt, uncovering pine needles and half-rotted leaves shed by the cottonwood looming over me. My…

— Rae Carson

“The city was different back then--poor and crumbling--kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt…

— Candace Bushnell

“Tread softly on the ageless soil; listen with the soles of your bare feet. [29]”

— Unathi Magubeni

“They have made me understand how the City can get under your skin, and never be sweated out. I mean, it’s still aesthetically traumatic,…

— Kamila Shamsie

“The city wasn't foggy as always. It was now clear for miles and the skeleton of its frames stuck out brightly in the sun’s…

— Andrew Boyd