New York Irony

"Look, it's New York: you can do whatever the bleep you please. Ride your bike in a bikini with a snake as a necklace (it was hot that day, she was en route to the pet sitter, and he really likes to go for rides). The closer one is to the absurd, the more irony—a cultivated, intentional thing—looks kind of earnest. All that time put in to make an impression, all that care taken to seem not to care!"
Lia Purpura, Brief Encounters

Shrinked

The High Line (Photo: Pixabay)

"This is New York! Everyone and his mother has a shrink. You're a freak if you don't have one."
Leonard Simon, Dissociated States

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