Quotes of Manhattan - somelinesforyou

“ People born in Queens, raised to say that each morning they get on the subway and go to the city, have a resentment of Manhattan, of the swiftness of its life and success of the people who live there. ”

- Jimmy Breslin

“ So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I-I feel very much a New Yorker. ”

- Alma Guillermoprieto

“ I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress. ”

- Laura Linney

“ Moving a magazine is like ordering 100,000 gallons of alphabet soup, to go. Last week, in Manhattan, it went. ”

- James A. Linen

“ As for me, I know nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or stand under the trees in the woods, Or talk by day with any one I love, Or sleep in bed at night with any one I love, Or watch honey bees busy around the hive of a summer forenoon… Or the wonderfulness of the sundown, Or of stars shining so quiet and bright, Or the exquisite delicate thin curve of the new moon in spring… What stranger miracles are there. ”

- Walt Whitman
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