Chanice HG

“The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Colossus of New York

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

“You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Colossus of New York

“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions