Urban Alienation Quotes

“Nothing is so alien, so bleak and unfriendly, as the strip of gas stations—cut-rate gas stations—and motels on the rim of your own city. You fail to recognize it. And at the same time, you have to clasp it to your bosom. Not just for one night, but as long as you intend to live where you live.”
― Philip K. Dick, Time Out of Joint

“The city exhaled its soul into dust, losing dignity, shedding the sanctity of its word, the boundaries of its faith. I wandered among these currents of consciousness and ambition, searching for myself in the maze of striving, wondering whether I, too, was being sculpted into something more beautiful or decaying under the illusion of transformation.”
― Suman Pokhrel

“People... were rehearsing to appear authentic, oscillating through the shifting canvases and collages of the city.”
― Suman Pokhrel