Friday, February 28, 2020
New York Belongs to the Young
"Everyone thinks the New York City of his youth is the real New York City, and it is. New York City belongs to the young; it belongs to those who fervently believe they can mold it to their purposes."
David Marcus, The Federalist
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Every Human Being
"I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city."
Mikhail Baryshnikov, quoted in Historic Landmarks of Old New York
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Pretense of Humanity
"New York is beginning to wear on my nerves, and now that spring is coming I want to leave. The novelty has worn off; the city, with all its excitement and grandeur, is a terrible place. The tide swarms on; how people manage the pretense of humanity in such a jostling, surly ant-heap is beyond me."
William Styron, Selected Letters of William Styron
Monday, February 24, 2020
Forty-Second Street
Friday, February 21, 2020
The Soul's Price
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Thousand New Yorks
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"Nothing in New York is isolated: the bridges lead to the streets and the streets to the parks, and around the parks are the homes of the rich and behind them the shops of the poor; Wall Street is cheek by jowl with Chinatown. There are, to be sure, a thousand New Yorks— or ten million—one for every human being who lives in the city or comes to it."
Gilbert Seldes and Leigh Irwin, This is New York
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Whirlpool
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
The Most Diverse Borough
"I grew up in Queens, which is the most diverse borough: the rich and the poor and homeless and people of every sexual orientation and gender and age group. Everyone is saying we live in this bubble, and there’s some truth to that. But I do not think it is healthy to all of a sudden invalidate the way we live in New York. I don’t mean to sound like a Pollyanna, but for me New York is the ideal because of the diversity here."
Billy Eichner, Vulture
Monday, February 17, 2020
Unhealthy Energy
"I loved it the moment I moved here. I think the best thing about it is there is an unhealthy energy to the place that I happen to like. Humans are not built to live at this pace. Yet it seems to be a pace that I’m the happiest with. I can’t relax. I find vacations problematic. The speed here is actually something I like -- or it has completely ruined my DNA."
John Oliver, The Hollywood Reporter
Friday, February 14, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Getting Along
"People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine."
David Letterman, quoted in Words to Live By
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Two New Yorks
"There are two New Yorks: Manhattan and everything else. I'm a Manhattanite. I feel sorry for those people who aren't."
John Catsimatidis, quoted in Business Insider
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Un-American
"My one thought is to get out of New York, to experience something genuinely American."
Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Monday, February 10, 2020
Greatest Show in the World
Friday, February 7, 2020
Chinese Saying
"People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.'"
Li Na, The New York Times
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Hurried
"They say New Yorkers are always in a hurry; but I can't say as they've hurried much to make our acquaintance."
Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Most European City
"New York is the most European city in the world, more European than Europe itself. New York has everything. There one can find bits of Paris, a corner of old Holland, and
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
New York Toll
"Living in New York City takes a toll on your pocket book, psyche, body, and soul that is hard for those who have never done it to understand. It weighs and grates on you every moment of every day. And I wouldn’t live anywhere else."
David Marcus, The Federalist
Monday, February 3, 2020
New York Energy
"Different locations have different energies, and for her, New York is glittering eye shadow, Basquiat graffiti, and strangers with bold dreams."
Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
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