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Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

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New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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Were you ever actually going to leave New York, or were you just saying that to get her to finally make a move?” “Clary,” said Luke, “I am shocked that you would suggest such a thing. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

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One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

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People go to LA to "find themselves", they come to New York to become someone new. ↗

— Lindsey Kelk

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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

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Puck stopped his drumming [on his belly] for a brief moment and grinned at Sabrina. I hear they have a lot of plastic surgeons in New York City. If I were you I'd make an appointment for that face as soon as you get there," he quipped. Sabrina scowled and shook a fist at him. "Keep it up, stinkpot, and you're going to need a plastic surgeon yourself." Puck winked. "No need to get all mushy on me, Grimm. ↗

— Michael Buckley

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Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does ↗

— Groucho Marx

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Just like an alley in New York -like every alley in the world, apparently- it smelled like cat pee. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

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America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

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