O lands! O all so dear to me — what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. – Walt Whitman
A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. – Walt Whitman

O lands! O all so dear to me — what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. – Walt Whitman
A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. – Walt Whitman
The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves. – Walt Whitman
I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. – Walt Whitman
Topographically the country is magnificent — and terrifying. Why terrifying? Because nowhere else in the world is the divorce between man and nature so complete. Nowhere have I encountered such a dull, monotonous fabric of life as here in America. Here boredom reaches its peak. – Henry Miller