“For a while this seemed to do the trick, and I felt that whatever contamination I had helped to spread, the boundaries I had helped to break, sprinkling flakes of myself all over the surface of New York like so much fish food, had been forgiven.” DamageNew York CitySympathyForgivenSimileOlivia Sudjic Book:Sympathy Source: Sympathy
“Man with goatee. Man who looked like a Beatle. All the Beatles at once. Woman wearing newspaper hat. I'd grown used to how weird New Yorkers were, and I could fit them into types.” HumorObservationNew York CitySympathyNew YorkersOlivia SudjicThe BeatlesPeople Watching Book:Sympathy Source: Sympathy