Urban Oasis Effect

Famous quotes containing the words urban, oasis and/or effect:

    “I have misplaced the Van Allen belt
    the sewers and the drainage,
    the urban renewal and the suburban centers.
    I have forgotten the names of the literary critics.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Are you not the oasis where I dream, and the gourd from which I drink in long draughts the wine of memory?”
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

    “The want of an international Copy-Right Law, by rendering it nearly impossible to obtain anything from the booksellers in the way of remuneration for literary labor, has had the effect of forcing many of our very best writers into the service of the Magazines and Reviews.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)