Chicago

It's every man for himself in this hired air. / Yet once you've part of this particular patch, you'll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real.

— Chicago

[About Chicago:] An October sort of city even in spring.

— Chicago

This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses.

— Chicago

They have the timeIn Chicago, my home town.

— Chicago

I have struck a city — a real city — and they call it Chicago… Having seen it, I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

— Chicago

I came to discover that Chicago is that most American of American cities, but one where citizens from more than 130 nations inhabit a rich tapestry of distinctive neighborhoods. Each one of those neighborhoods -- from Greektown to the Ukrainian Village; from Devon to Pilsen to Washington Park -- has its own unique character, its own unique history, its songs, its language. But each is also part of our city -- one city -- a city where I finally found a home.

— Chicago

Hog Butcher for the World, City of the Big Shoulders.

— Chicago

I tried not to make judgments. These people were doing something important, all of them. They were testing ways whereby people didn’t have to live in Chicago. That was a wonder to me. I had thought Chicago was inevitable, like diarrhea.

— Chicago