"Frank Sinatra was the voice of the 20th-century American city."

-- Pete Hamill

#Cities Quotes #Voice Quotes #Century Quotes

“People concentrate, particularly for their own purposes, on dividing people, and it's just not necessary. If you actually spend time with somebody, in 10 minutes, you'll find something in common, and it's powerful when you do. When you find you've got something in common with somebody, all of a sudden, you're friends.”
“Dying for love might be pitiable, but it wasn't much different, finally, from any other kind of dying.”

Source : Richard Yates (2013). “Cold Spring Harbor”, p.83, Bantam
“When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own. And also the insecurity that my life engendered, especially as a freelance cartoonist, kept me in a constant state of anxiety as to whether I am going to be able to meet my financial obligations.”
“Norman, Okla. That's where my folks live, so it's home to me.”
“poetry is the sung voice of accurate perception.”
“As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.”
“I'm not walking by sight- I'm, walking by faith”
“The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.”

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