Commuters Quotes

“Improbable as it may be, the day still has a few indignities left. The day waters down indignity with frustration to make it last longer. Abomination, thy name is Subway. He cannot enter. They flood through turnstiles, hips banging rods, and will not let him enter. He must get home, but it's all he can do to get halfway in before another one charges at him. A fish out of school. Everybody knows how it works except for him. All of them from every floor are crammed into this one subway car: the makers of memos, the routers of memos, the indexers filers and shredders of memos, the always-at-their-desks and the never-around. How do they all fit. Squabbling like pigeons over stale crumbs of seats. Everyone thinks they are more deserving, everyone thinks their day has been harder than everyone else's, and everyone is correct.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Colossus of New York

“Rhythms. You can almost feel them on suburban streets, divine the hour of the day without consulting a clock from the sounds heard in the cool, leafy neighborhoods.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, The New Suburban Woman

“I guess when you live somewhere, you take things for granted in your own backyard and the nuances get lost in daily commutes.”
― Joseph Carro, The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology 2

“The railway station is host to all. It receives and sees off hundreds of daily commuters and those who travel far. Each traveler’s manzil and path are different, but the railway station brings them together.”
― Ekamjit Ghuman, Train to Mumbai