We are all proprietary toward cities we love. 'Ah, you should have seen her when I loved her!' … - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

We are all proprietary toward cities we love. 'Ah, you should have seen her when I loved her!' we say, reciting glories since faded or defiled, trusting her to no one else; that others should know and love her in her present fallen state (for she must fall without our vigilant love) is a species of betrayal.

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