Epiphanies

East 23rd

"At its best, New York was a city of accidental epiphanies and I vowed that I would open myself to many such moments."
Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

Eminent Standards

Downtown Manhattan

"The city always stimulated some long-dormant gland of self-improvement when I crossed her rivers. I would never feel good enough for New York, but I would always feel better if I was at least taking steps to measure up to her eminent standards."
Pat Conroy, Prince of Tides

Hate as an Art Form

Rivington Street

"It is an art form to hate New York City properly. So far I have always been a featherweight debunker of New York; it takes too much energy and endurance to record the infinite number of ways the city offends me."
Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides