Everywhere and Nowhere

"My desire is nothing but a myth — New York, which is everywhere and nowhere."
Simone de Beauvoir, America Day by Day

Legendary

FDR Drive

"Despite all the books I've read, the films, the photographs, the stories, New York is a legendary city in my past; there is no path from the reality to the legend. Across from old Europe, on the threshold of a continent populated by 160 million people, New York belongs to the future."
Simone de Beauvoir, America Day by Day

Not Quite the Other-World

Fifth Avenue

"As I open my eyes, I'm afraid. And then I remember: this is not quite the other-world. It's New York."
Simone de Beauvoir, America Day by Day