"Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that are 'story cities'- New York, of course, New Orleans, and, best of the lot, San Francisco."

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Source : Frank Norris, Joseph R. McElrath, Douglas K. Burgess (1996). “The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898”, American Philosophical Society

Frank Norris

#New York Quotes #San Francisco Quotes #New Orleans Quotes

“My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.”
“No one is obliged to be a genius, but everyone is obliged to participate.”
“Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C.”
“Revolution is obstructed evolution.”
“There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it's always been.”
“The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.”
“The old internet is shrinking and being replaced by walled gardens.”

Source : "Walled gardens look rosy for Facebook, Apple - and would-be censors" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2012.
“Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys”

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