Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).
Mona RodriguezStichwörter: historical-fiction fiction book immigration statue-of-liberty novel italy new-york prohibition wwi suffrage world-war-i women-s-rights 1920s 40-years-and-a-day 40-years-in-a-day best-historical-fiction cafe-society dianne-vigorito ellis-island forty-years-in-a-day hell-s-kitchen italian-american-book mona-marzano mona-rodriguez new-historical-fiction suffragist-movement top-fiction
Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87
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It was thus, Archer reflected, that New York managed its transitions; conspiring to ignore them till they were well over, and then, in all good faith, imagining that they had taken place in a preceding age.
Edith WhartonStichwörter: change new-york pretense transitions
Harlem sleeps late.
Jacob M. AppelStichwörter: new-york new-york-city harlem big-apple gotham
Robert Hughes, Time magazines's art critic, told him on the phone that after he saw the planes flying over SoHo he had walked around in shock. On his way home he had stopped by a bakery and found the shelves cleaned out. Not a loaf remained, not a bagel, and the old baker standing amid the emptiness spread his arms and said, 'Should happen every day.
Salman RushdieStichwörter: 9-11 new-york shock stress-eating bakeries
Then, one sunny September morning, the illusion of a personal God that I tried so hard to believe in, exploded over the skies of Manhattan. Even as the ashes and ruin of this horrific act of blind faith settled over New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, I watched people across the country scrambling to that same irrational altar for their answers. In the fierce storm of emotion that rolled across this country, one realization rose to the surface of my mind with blinding clarity: certainly this mechanism of unassailable blind faith is one of the greatest risks mankind faces today.
Nathan PhelpsStichwörter: harm america new-york washington terrorism blind-faith irrationality manhattan pennsylvania september-11 fred-phelps leaving-faith leaving-religion leaving-westboro-baptist-church religious-harm september-11-terrorist-attacks westboro-baptist-church
Everyone in New York City thinks they are famous without being famous.
Ethan H. MinskerStichwörter: new-york new-york-city famous nyc
Crowds moved wherever he went, across the bridge to Manhattan, in New York, wherever he went, life flowed and eddied, but he was not part of it.
Pearl S. BuckStichwörter: new-york manhattan quotes-about-life pearl-s-buck the-eternal-wonder rann
Every day in New York City is a test. Work hard and pass this test, you get a chocolate cookie. From a strange man on the subway. A man without pants.
Christy HallStichwörter: humorous new-york writers-quotes
By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is uncomfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers temperamentally do not crave comfort and convenience- if they did they would live elsewhere.
E.B. WhiteStichwörter: new-york comfort convenience
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