Quotes about Chicago

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Look, girls know when they’re cute,” he said. “You don’t have to tell them. All they need to do is look in the mirror. I — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
Do you want to achieve something or do you just want to make money?” asked a nearby man in a white shirt to another man — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
Don’t you think most of those kids think too much about who got an A or a B when they were in law school and what that m — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
Really, nobody was there?” I asked.“Well, nobody important,” he said, putting his glasses back on and blinking. — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
Should I have a doughnut or my disgusting cardboard?” asked Gwynn, as she drew up languidly before me at a study table i — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
You know, sometimes I think this is just not it,” he said, his glasses flashing from the early night’s light. He turned — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
Do you really expect me to fall apart every time another woman throws herself at you? Because, if that's so, I'll be a n — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Natural Born Charmer
So, Beav, tell me about yourself.""I'm Blue.""Sweetheart, if I had your dubious taste in men, I wouldn't be too happy, e — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Natural Born Charmer
I don’t think I’ve ever referred to any girl I dated as my girlfriend. I think that would freak me out. Even the girl th — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
Life sure is easier when you're rich.""And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part.""How could I?" she retorted. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Natural Born Charmer
She's as plastic as you are! I'm telling you, it's a bad idea. If the two of you have kids, they'll come out of the birt — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Match Me If You Can
I’ve officially turned into a loser,” she whispered cynically. “I’m looking forward to going home and having cereal for — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
This is so funny,” said Ellen, noticing the seating arrangement. “Isn’t this funny? Tom, come sit next to Robin. Griffin — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
Writer's block? I've heard of this. This is when a writer cannot write, yes? Then that person isn't a writer anymore. I' — Warren Ellis
It's the place built out of Man's ceaseless failure to overcome himself. Out of Man's endless war against himself we bui — Nelson Algren, Chicago: City on the Make
There have been times I have thought some dreams should never be dreamt, but I would hate a world where that was true. — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
I remember when I was twenty-five,” he said. “No client comes to you when you’re twenty-five. It’s like when you are loo — Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs
It takes one a long time to become young. - Picasso — Patsy Asuncion
She was neither widow nor mother: she only yearned for the dignity of a woman who had once belonged, somewhere, to someb — Nelson Algren, The Neon Wilderness