“The crush of Times Square greeted me. The city was so big. It lulled you into thinking that there were so many options, but most of the options had to do with buying things: dinner entrées, cocktails, the cover charge to a nightclub.”
“In Jonathan’s apartment, we used to watch single-woman-in-Manhattan movies…”
“The city was empowering. Even if a woman doesn’t have anything, the movies seemed to say, at least there is the city. The city was posited as the ultimate consolation.”
“In Jonathan’s apartment, we used to watch single-woman-in-Manhattan movies…”
“The city was empowering. Even if a woman doesn’t have anything, the movies seemed to say, at least there is the city. The city was posited as the ultimate consolation.”
“Tonight, Times Square seemed dim.”