The Empire State, a lonely dinosaur, rose sadly at midtown, highest tower, tallest mountain, longest road, King Kong's eyrie, meant to moor airships, alas.
Vincent ScullyTag: new-york-city empire-state-building
Well, little old Noisyville-on-the Subway is good enough for me.
O. HenryTag: new-york-city
New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization, about Sodom and Gomorrah, the end of the world. The end wouldn't come as a surprise here. Many people already bank on it.
Saul BellowTag: new-york-city
When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
Fran LebowitzTag: new-york-city
New York: A third-rate Babylon.
H.L. MenckenTag: new-york-city
You cannot keep something down that is bound to rise.
Juliet C. ObodoTag: travel new-york-city inspiration-for-writers cafes
It is a fact of big cities that one girl's darkest how is always another's moment of shining triumph, and New York is the biggest and cruelest city of them all.
Anna GodbersenTag: new-york-city darkest-hour
The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from.
Moss HartTag: success dream new-york-city
Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean it's and unfriendly place -- just busy and preoccupied. Personally, I love it. I'm a social creature but there are times and places you just don't want to do more than grunt at your fellow human being.
Laura Anne GilmanTag: people morning new-york-city manhattan
The darker side of the City tried to emphasize the selfish parts of me by encouraging my sense of entitlement and my desire for personal space. But God seemed to whisper that the alternative existed: to let Him grow humility and concern for others in a way I had never experienced, to live out His peace amid whirling chaos. (p.67)
Tara Leigh CobbleTag: peace god faith new-york-city christian-living nyc
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