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Here is New York
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Chosen by The New York Times as one of the ten best books ever written about the city. In the summer of 1949, E.B. White sat in a New York City hotel room and, sweltering in the summer heat, wrote a remarkable, pristine essay, Here Is New York . Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, the... read more

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  • “For creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.”
    E. B. White
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  • Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.
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  • No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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  • New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation;
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  • creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
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  • But the city makes up for its hazards and its deficiencies by supplying its citizens with massive doses of a supplementary vitamin—the sense of belonging to something unique, cosmopolitan, mighty and unparalleled.
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On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy.

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  1. E. B. White (Author)

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  1. Roger Angell (Preface)

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