Amsterdam did not answer our expectations; it is a kind of paltry, rubbishy Venice. (1826)
Places Quotes
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the ruins of her ice water mansion Old Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams, The island and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what Lake Erie can send her And the iron boats go as the mariners all know With the gales of […]
Mississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico.
From Hamlet to Kierkegaard, the word “Danish” has been synonymous with fun, fun, fun… Who else would have the sense of humor to stuff prunes and toecheese into lumps of wet dough and serve it to you for breakfast?… Let’s hear it for those those very wonderful kooky, very crazy, very whacky, very witty Danes! […]
New England has a harsh climate, a barren soil, a rough and stormy coast, and yet we love it, even with a love passing that of dwellers in more favored regions.
Nelson Algren says living there (Chicago) is like being married to a woman with a broken nose: there may be lovelier lovelies, but never a lovely so real.
Well, little old Noisyville-on-the-Subway is good enough for me.
Somewhat back from the village street Stands the old fashioned country-seat. Across its antique portico Tall poplars their shadows throw; And from its ancient station in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all, – Forever – never! Never – forever!
The soul of Poland is indestructible… she will rise again like a rock, which may for a spell be submerged by a tidal wave, but which remains a rock.
When first in the dim light of early morning I saw the shores of Cuba rise and define themselves from dark-blue horizons, I felt as if I sailed with Captain Silver and first gazed on Treasure Island. Here was a place where real things were going on. Here was a scene of vital action. Here […]
