City Boy

Famous quotes containing the words city and/or boy:

“When the city gate catches fire, it’s the fish in the moat who suffer.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Behind the steering wheel
The boy took out his own forehead.
His girlfriend’s head was a green bag
Of narcissus stems. “OK you win
But meet me anyway at Cohen’s Drug Store
In 22 minutes.””
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)