“Living in a big city can be compared to existing in a jungle. One becomes a creature of the environment. The response to the rhythms and choreography is visceral and before long a dweller's conduct is as distinctive as those of a jungle inhabitant.”
“The rules of the jungle did not apply to those who wrote the rules of the jungle.”
“If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does.”
“You can take the ape out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the ape.”
“But if she was going to live in a damn jungle, she preferred it be a damn jungle in Georgia, she always said, and never saw any reason to elaborate on that.”
“A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.”