“People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They're no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.” PeopleArtCornersFrightenedMailSqualor Author:Tom Waits
“I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it.” ForgetPovertyBecomingTravelFortuneRealisingForget ItGood FortuneBombaySqualor Author:Tahir Shah
“In the invincible and indescribable squalor of Harlem ... I was tormented. I felt caged, like an animal. I wanted to escape. I felt if I did not get out I would slowly strangle.” IfsWantedFeltAnimalInvincibleHarlemIndescribableCagedSqualor Author:James A. Baldwin