“Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.”
Angela Carter (1940–1992) English novelist
Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings (1992).
“London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.”
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