Famous quotes containing the words york, city and/or walls:
“New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
“Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)
“Buddha has covered the walls of the great temple
With the vegetative speed of his imagery”
—Denis Devlin (1908–1959)