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

Magnificent

Broadway

"New York is more magnificent than ever. What a city! And how pleasant relations with people are! How easy everything is – even crossing the street!"
Simone de Beauvoir, Letters to Sartre

Beauty and Grandeur

Battery Park

"I walked the whole length of Broadway, and found that this city has a beauty and grandeur resembling that of mountains. At the same time, it's so much a city that you no longer have any desire to visit another after this."

Simone de Beauvoir, Letters to Sartre

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

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