Children of All Colors

Madison Square Park

"New York is a city where children of all colors can dance."
G.N. Miller, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Insulating Yourself

West 14th

"Living in New York City is all about insulating yourself from the outside world."
Bruce Hinton, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

New York Writer

Plaque on East 26th

"A writer in New York is a little bit like a tree falling in a forest. You're never sure if somebody's going to hear you."
Lucinda Franks, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Don't Belong

JFK airport (Wikimedia Commons)

"New York is the place you come to when you don't belong anywhere else. "

Cynthia Ceilan, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Who Can Afford Living in New York

The Salvation Army

"The only people who can afford to live in New York are the rich and the poor."
David McGlynn, quoted in 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Crowded

"New York is so crowded that sex turns into a spectator sport."
David McGlynn, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Group Therapy

Central Park

"New York is the world's most successful example of group therapy."
Robert Zimmerman quoted in 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Beyond America

United Nations

"It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied, a real capital goes beyond its borders."
Simone De Beauvoir, quoted in 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Yourself

5 Pointz

"New York lets you be yourself, and that is why I stayed."
Gavin Schmidt, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Asylum

Bellevue Hospital

"New York is the biggest open air asylum in the world."
Anthony Volpe, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Like Family

Bowery and Canal

"New York, like family, will always take you back."
Cynthia Ceilan quoted in 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Serenity Not Now

West 14th

"Nobody ever accuses New York of approximating serenity."
Bob Brody, quoted in 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York

Where the Lights Meet the Road

West 18th

"New York is the greatest place where the lights meet the road."
N.G. Miller, quoted in 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About New York