Here in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.


Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays (ed. Vintage, 1984)

Elizabeth Hardwick Quotes

Here in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.

Here in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.

Here in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.

Here in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.