Famous quotes containing the words york and/or reading:
“New York loves itself in an unkind and fanatical way.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)