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New York in Quotations
"Make your mark in New York and you are a made man" wrote Mark Twain, encapsulating both the naked ambition of its citizens and the opportunities up for grabs in the Big Apple. Others take a more cynical approach: it's "an aviary over-stocked with jays" (O. Henry), "a sucked orange" (Ralph Waldo Emerson) or "fantastically charmless and elaborately dire" (Henry James). Over the last three-and-a-half centuries this glamorous, twenty-four hour city has attracted a multitude of thinkers, poets, novelists and playwrights, many of whom have brilliantly encapsulated its unique spirit through verse, prose or the ultimate wisecrack.
About the author
Jaqueline Mitchell is a freelance writer and editor. She has compiled several books, including "Blitz Spirit", "London in Quotations", "Paris in Quotations", and "New York in Quotations".