The Only Place to Live

Manhattan Bridge and skyline

"New York, he asserted, was the most magnificent city on earth, the only place he cared to live, the place he never wished to leave again, the place to which he was aching to return."
Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

Seize the Day

Police Building

"New York is where you go to seize the day, to leave your mark, to live within the nerve of your generation."
Cynthia Ozick, The Best American Essays 2000

Small Part of Something Big

Little Red Lighthouse

"The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a feeling of life and chaos, 24 hours around the clock, just like in London. And whatever your problem is, it's insignificant. You're just a small part of something very big."
America Ferrera, The Guardian