Patty Richards

“New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous.
But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.”
― John Steinbeck, America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction

“Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?”
― Walt Whitman

“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.”
― Max Ehrmann

“Why pay money for the horror movies? Just go to a street without trees!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan