Homesickness

Manhattan skyline

"I miss New York, in a strange way, with a homesickness I've never felt before for any place on earth. I'm in love with New York, and I don't mean I love it, but I mean I'm in love with it."
Ayn Rand, Letters of Ayn Rand

Disgusting and Wonderful

Prince Street

"I miss New York and all the places and everyone and everything and especially the Lower East Side, it was it was so disgusting, so wonderful."
Colum McCann, Dancer

The Things New York has to Offer

"I miss New York and the things it has to offer quite a good deal, and will probably miss it more as time goes on."
George Gershwin, The Gershwin Years 

From Somewhere to Nowhere

George Washington Bridge

"My goodness, I miss New York. I miss it almost everyday and I definitely miss it right now. I can't really think of a particularly articulate way to put it. You know what I'm talking about, though. It's the sheer volume and rush and energy, the inescapable feeling that something is going on. I remember leaving NYC so clearly, thinking that I was going from somewhere to nowhere."
Matt Hern, Common Ground in a Liquid City

Missing New York

Statue of Liberty

"I'm dying to feel that I'm living once more
I gotta get back to New York.
There's only one statue,
I know you'll agree.
The dame with the torch looking over the sea.
The smell of the Bronx is perfume to me.
I gotta get back to New York."
Lorenz Hart (lyrics), Hallelujah I'm a Bum

I Miss NY

Central Park bench

"I miss New York. I always miss New York when I leave. I often miss New York before I've left."
Lily Brett, New York

The Only Love

NY skyline seen from Newark

"I miss New York like I'd miss a lover. It knows I was there last month; it was smiling smugly at me, knowing I would come back under false pretenses ('I had to work and see my friends'); it knew I was there because at one time, it was the only love in my life."
Christine Cantera, Miss Expatria