#urban

Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#easy #even #get #made #members

We were the first urban school system in the country to wire all of our schools for the Internet. ↗

— Thomas Menino

#first #internet #our #school #school system

Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519? ↗

— Priya Ardis

#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!" "So many rules in this century," Vane muttered. ↗

— Priya Ardis

#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

Well, can you tell her that?" He looked down at his feet. "I will. I will." Guy-speak for, "I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up. ↗

— Priya Ardis

#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive effect of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building. ↗

— Jane Jacobs

#death

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#disturbed #greater #having #misunderstanding #misunderstood

More often than what you're suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#i #me #more #often #people

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#effort #i #i am #inspirations #make

Where did you meet?” he pressed on. I shrugged and considered a little rephrasing. “I was out for a run.” “From who?” I leaned back to take a long, very long, slow sip of that beer. Knox leaned forward. “I think we’re both bullsh*tting here, you ever play that card game?” “With my grandma, every Sunday after church. ↗

— Dannika Dark

#cards #church #fantasy #funny #grandma