“ On my desk is an appeal from the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. It asks me to become a sponsor and donor of this soon-to-be-opened institution, while an accompanying leafl… Christopher Hitchens
“ Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. Judith Viorst
“ The masks. that men have as faces, the outward shells they hold up for others to see while their minds shift in hidden directions" Discard 2 Lois Charles
“ Now call your old lady and tell her to come out here. Go ahead and don't try no funny stuff. Lois Charles
“ He cannot recall just when that initial feeling of oneness faded, subordinated to the everyday activities of daily living. He is disappointed to realize he can no longer expect to find her up and awai… Lois Charles
“ In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents? Mark Twain
“ He had heard especially promising things about Philadelphia--the lively capital of that young nation. It was said to be a city with a good-enough shipping port, central to the eastern coast of the cou… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ It is at least as possible for a Philadelphian to feel the presence of Penn and Franklin as for an Englishman to see the ghosts of Alfred and Becket. Tradition does not mean a dead town; it does not m… G.K. Chesterton
“ This book is dedicated to all good teachers everywhere, most particularly those of the William Levering School and Central High School in Philadelphia, to whom more is owed than can ever be repaid. Michael Swanwick
“ VISIONS OF GRANDEURI'm walking through a sheet of glass instead of the door,Flying over a giant candlestick lighting up Central Park,Repeating two courses at Hard Knock's College,And swimming through… Giorge Leedy
“ From the floor, I see the tops of the Philadelphia skyline out of her window. Staring at it, I realize that the night sky isn't really black, which is the way I've always thought of it. It's actually… Siobhan Vivian
“ He’d never forgotten the sweep of her soft mouth against his, the taste of her sweetness, like strawberries, and the way she fired his insides to life. Katherine McIntyre
“ Despite the way she rallied, the haunted look in her eyes was enough to break him, as lost and lonely as an abandoned child’s. Katherine McIntyre
“ Alanna Carrington, head witch of the Philadelphia Coven, hurtled his way, and with her, trouble was a guarantee. Katherine McIntyre
