“My home in Dallas is wonderful. I can walk everywhere. It's a pretty good hidden secret, Dallas. There are wonderful restaurants and a wonderful nightlife. It's just a beautiful city to be in.” I CanHomeBeautifulWalksSecretCitiesWonderfulRestaurantsDallasNightlifeBeautiful CityHidden Secrets Author:Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
“Right after the show tonight, I'm going to the New York City car show. You get to see the models that will be crashed next year by drunken Secret Service agents.” YearsShowsNextSecretCitiesCarNew YorkModelsAgentsTonightNew York CityNext YearSecret Service Author:David Letterman
“Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.” BelieveArtistSecretCitiesSpecialYieldVenice Author:Erica Jong
“It's a dirty little secret that most New Yorkers are pleasant, thoughtful, patient, and polite. The Chamber of Commerce must work overtime to maintain the surly, off-putting image that is widely believed to define the city. In truth, niceness is nearly epidemic in this town.” LittlesSecretCitiesTownsPatientDirtyPleasantThoughtfulCommercePoliteChamberNew YorkersEpidemicsNicenessSurlyChamber Of Commerce Book:Every Step You Take Source: Every Step You Take
“A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.” SecretCitiesSymbolsKitchenCapitolDomes Author:Leslie Ford
“Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and can disappear, if not in reality, then in the imagination of the poet creating a myth, a mythical tradition on the grounds of his secret experience.” IfsRealityImaginationSpaceSecretCitiesCuttingNew YorkPoetCreatingTraditionMythDisappearLondonParisRomeSailFloatsMoscowLeningrad Author:Nina Berberova
“The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. Its a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and its hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.” BookSecretCitiesImagineLibraryForgottenFantasticBridgesSectionsPalacesTunnelsCemeteryLabyrinthBarcelonaArches Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“In some big cities [in Pakistan] some women have access to a job and education - but the UN reported that more than 5 million girls cannot go to school. It's become an open secret. In some big cities they build schools to deceive people around the world, while the level of education remains very low, and even when they can go to school there is no security.” PeopleWorldBigsSchoolJobsGirlLevelsSecretCitiesMillionsSecurityLowsRemainsAccessAround The WorldDeceivingPakistanBig CitiesJobs And Education Author:Malalai Joya
“I think airports are places of huge human drama. The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that Heathrow is a secret city, with its own history, folklore and mythology. But what has surprised me is the love the people who work there feel for the place. Everyone seems to think they are plugged into something majestic.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHumansSeemsSecretCitiesHugeDramaConvincedMythologyAirportsFolkloreMajestic Author:Tony Parsons