Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

Quote by Nelson Algren

Topics: Nelson Algren Quotes

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's....

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's....

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I...

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I...

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of...

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus...

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has...

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has...

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was...

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was...

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas...

I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas...

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit...

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

In some Chicago neighborhoods, looking for a parking space is not unlike panning for gold.

In some Chicago neighborhoods, looking for a parking space is not unlike panning for gold.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......