Quote by Zinzi Clemmons

“Any city in any country, including my own hometown, was to me just another place where I might live or might not live.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.”

— Epictetus

“It struck me that distant cities are designed precisely so you can know where you came from. We bring home with us when we…

— Colum McCann

“I chose to see emigration and globe-trotting as an escape, not as a loss. Nowhere to call home? No problem, the world is my…

— Kapka Kassabova

“You’ve lived in the city for a long time and need to feel that you have a hometown.”

— Gao Xingjian

“Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In a city, with all of its enclaves and boundaries, both real and imagined, it is impossible not to feel the presence of those…

— Kate Milford

“To live in a city, one must be larger than one's environment or enjoy belonging to the crowd.”

— Louis L'Amour

“It's all very well for me to tell myself there are no provincial cities any more and perhaps there never were any: all places…

— Anonymous

“Remember how you asked me where would I like to live best, the country or the city?" "And you said..." "And I said I…

— Sylvia Plath

“There are countries of the world, and regions of one's own mind, where it is unwise to travel.”

— Chris Cleave

“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a…

— Roman Payne