Town Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.”

Neil Gaiman

Town, Bookstore, Community, Culture, Importance

2. “To country people Cows are mild, And flee from any stick they throw; But I'm a timid town bred child, And all the cattle seem to know.”

T.S. Eliot

Cows, Country, Town, Rural-urban Divide, Personal Perspective, Animal Perception

3. “The usual dog about the town is much inclined to play the clown.”

T.S. Eliot

Dog, Town, Clown, Animal Behavior, Urban Observation, Humorous Insight

4. “The form of a town changes more swiftly alas! Than the heart of a mortal.”

Charles Baudelaire

Changing Town, Mortal Heart, Swift Transformation, Town, Heart, Mortal

5. “Consequently, the town remained the same size for over 150 years. Its primary reason for existence was government. What saved it from becoming another grubby little Alabama community was that Maycomb’s proportion of professional people ran high: one went to Maycomb to have his teeth pulled, his wagon fixed, his heart listened to, his money deposited, his mules vetted, his soul saved, his mortgage extended.”

Harper Lee

Small Town Life, Professional Community, Maycomb Portrait, Town, Community, Life

6. “The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb. They.”

Harper Lee

Social Isolation, Small Town, Community Judgment, Isolation, Town, Community

7. “I broke that town in half like a wooden match.”

Charles Bukowski

Destructive Impact, Town Change, Symbolic Power, Town, Power, Change

8. “If a man ordered a beer milkshake he’d better do it in a town where he wasn’t known.”

John Steinbeck

Humor, Society, Behavior, Identity, Town, Oddities

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