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Towns Quotes

In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce. Every man is himself a class Picture Quote #1

I think we can save a lot of money if we do smart growth, where we build the homes and all of this closer into towns Picture Quote #1

Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd more people into the houses, and court the return of the plague Picture Quote #1

In little towns, lives roll along so close to one another; loves and hates beat about, their wings almost touching Picture Quote #1

Small towns are sometimes like that; familiarity runs high, while regard for personal space is low, if nonexistent Picture Quote #1

Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don’t say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place Picture Quote #1

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In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren’t; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going Picture Quote #1

I just don’t identify myself with a place. I just don’t get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don’t have principles, constitutions. You wouldn’t go to war for your town Picture Quote #1

The more people who own little businesses of their own, the safer our country will be, and the better off its cities and towns; for the people who have a stake in their country and their community are its best citizens Picture Quote #1

In small towns as well as large, good people outnumber bad people by 100 to 1. In big towns the 100 are nervous. But in small towns, it’s the one Picture Quote #1

Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school Picture Quote #1

The whole tree itself is but one leaf, and rivers are still vaster leaves whose pulp is intervening earth, and towns and cities are the ova of insects in their axils Picture Quote #1

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For the time of towns is tolled from the world by funereal chimes, but in nature the universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes of animals and plants, and by growth of joy on joy Picture Quote #1

It created in me a yearning for all that is wide and open and expansive. Something that will never allow me to fit in in my own country, with its narrow towns and narrow roads and narrow kindnesses and narrow reprimands Picture Quote #1

I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and enjoying drinks with the locals Picture Quote #1

Even if you didn’t come from another country, the idea of how do you make a home somewhere new is common to anyone who’s either going to college, shifting towns Picture Quote #1

Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over Picture Quote #1

Where I went in my travels, it’s impossible for me to recall. I remember the sights and sounds and smells clearly enough, but the names of the towns are gone, as well as any sense of the order in which I traveled from place to place Picture Quote #1

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I suppose I am a snob. I loathe towns. I loathe townspeople. They have small minds and giant backsides. Which is to say, what they lack in interiors they make up in posteriors Picture Quote #1

When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished Picture Quote #1

What is it about maps? I could look at them all day, earnestly studying the names of towns and villages I have never heard of and will never visit Picture Quote #1

The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns Picture Quote #1

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed Picture Quote #1

Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps Picture Quote #1

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We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one for a certain time, we do worry. How long does this time have to be? Picture Quote #1

In towns it is impossible to prevent men from assembling, getting excited together and forming sudden passionate resolves. Towns are like great meeting houses with all the inhabitants as members. In them the people wield immense influence over their magistrates and often carry their desires into execution without intermediaries Picture Quote #1

From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of empty space. It reminded me of the way cities and towns look when you are flying at night. You can’t make out much. But the places where people have come together, and stayed, are collections of tiny lights, breaking up the darkness Picture Quote #1

... trees to cool the towns in the boiling summer, trees to hold back the winter winds. There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children’s playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree. But most of all the trees would distill an icy air for the lungs, and a gentle rustling for the ear when you lay nights in your snowy bed and were gentled to sleep by the sound Picture Quote #1

Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, george and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base Picture Quote #1

We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river Picture Quote #1

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In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce. Every man is himself a class (Towns Quotes) I think we can save a lot of money if we do smart growth, where we build the homes and all of this closer into towns (Towns Quotes) Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd more people into the houses, and court the return of the plague (Towns Quotes) In little towns, lives roll along so close to one another; loves and hates beat about, their wings almost touching (Towns Quotes) Small towns are sometimes like that; familiarity runs high, while regard for personal space is low, if nonexistent (Towns Quotes) Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don’t say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place (Towns Quotes) In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren’t; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going (Towns Quotes) I just don’t identify myself with a place. I just don’t get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don’t have principles, constitutions. You wouldn’t go to war for your town (Towns Quotes) The more people who own little businesses of their own, the safer our country will be, and the better off its cities and towns; for the people who have a stake in their country and their community are its best citizens (Towns Quotes) In small towns as well as large, good people outnumber bad people by 100 to 1. In big towns the 100 are nervous. But in small towns, it’s the one (Towns Quotes) Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school (Towns Quotes) The whole tree itself is but one leaf, and rivers are still vaster leaves whose pulp is intervening earth, and towns and cities are the ova of insects in their axils (Towns Quotes) For the time of towns is tolled from the world by funereal chimes, but in nature the universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes of animals and plants, and by growth of joy on joy (Towns Quotes) It created in me a yearning for all that is wide and open and expansive. Something that will never allow me to fit in in my own country, with its narrow towns and narrow roads and narrow kindnesses and narrow reprimands (Towns Quotes) I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and enjoying drinks with the locals (Towns Quotes) Even if you didn’t come from another country, the idea of how do you make a home somewhere new is common to anyone who’s either going to college, shifting towns (Towns Quotes) Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over (Towns Quotes) Where I went in my travels, it’s impossible for me to recall. I remember the sights and sounds and smells clearly enough, but the names of the towns are gone, as well as any sense of the order in which I traveled from place to place (Towns Quotes) I suppose I am a snob. I loathe towns. I loathe townspeople. They have small minds and giant backsides. Which is to say, what they lack in interiors they make up in posteriors (Towns Quotes) When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished (Towns Quotes) What is it about maps? I could look at them all day, earnestly studying the names of towns and villages I have never heard of and will never visit (Towns Quotes) The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns (Towns Quotes) There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed (Towns Quotes) Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps (Towns Quotes) We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one for a certain time, we do worry. How long does this time have to be? (Towns Quotes) In towns it is impossible to prevent men from assembling, getting excited together and forming sudden passionate resolves. Towns are like great meeting houses with all the inhabitants as members. In them the people wield immense influence over their magistrates and often carry their desires into execution without intermediaries (Towns Quotes) From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of empty space. It reminded me of the way cities and towns look when you are flying at night. You can’t make out much. But the places where people have come together, and stayed, are collections of tiny lights, breaking up the darkness (Towns Quotes) ... trees to cool the towns in the boiling summer, trees to hold back the winter winds. There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children’s playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree. But most of all the trees would distill an icy air for the lungs, and a gentle rustling for the ear when you lay nights in your snowy bed and were gentled to sleep by the sound (Towns Quotes) Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, george and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base (Towns Quotes) We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river (Towns Quotes)

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