Nelson Algren - City Quotes

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For the masses who do the city's labor also keep the city's heart.

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The great trains howling from track to track all night. The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a city sky. The rush of city waters, beneath the city streets. The passionate passing of the night's last El.

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