Asinine Alliteration

Time has a way of removing the blemishes so after a certain point, you’ll have forgotten about the high rents and the lousy jobs and the tears you shed in public spaces, and choose to remember only the creamy delicious frosting on an otherwise stale and overpriced cake.

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What People Talk About When They Talk About Life In New York (via yearslater)

More NYC melancholy:  it’s just been my mood as of late.

New York is a lonely place. But in New York, you’re never alone.

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“How is New York?” people would ask me.

“It’s lonely,” I often said, and it’s true that being in a city this monumental, this antic and buzzing can kick up in me a melancholy deeper than I’ve ever felt. But it can also kick up an exhilarating sense of possibility, a peace that comes from knowing your place in the world is small but entirely your own.

- Here Is Everything I Learned in New York City (via sebastianwaters)