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“In New York the Fifth Avenue Lingerie Shop is on Madison Avenue, the Madison Pet Shop is on Lexington Avenue, the Park Avenue Florist is on Madison Avenue, and the Lexington Hand Laundry is on Third Avenue. New York is the home of 120 pawnbrokers, and it is where Bishop Sheen's brother, Dr. Sheen, shares an office with one Dr. Bishop.”
― The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters
― The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“The golf links lie so near the mill
That almost every day
The laboring children can look out
And see the men at play.”
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That almost every day
The laboring children can look out
And see the men at play.”
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“For everyone in this occupation, the skyline of New York is a family tree.”
― The Bridge: The Building of Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
― The Bridge: The Building of Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
“Out in the fog, weary, yet buoyant from the drinks, his mind dulled along with his aches and his energy returning, Tully was free of the sense of impending ordeal that had been with him for weeks. He felt whole, self-sufficient, felt his life had at last opened up and that now nothing stood between him and the future's infinite possibilities.”
― Fat City
― Fat City
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