As a person of color from the South, San Francisco was the first city that really made me feel like an other.

I like the city of San Francisco. It's very cosmopolitan.

[San Francisco] . . . the city that never was a town.

The San Francisco skyline sparkles in the distance, the bay spread out before it like a shark-infested welcome mat.

world is a drama, we are the actors with our play role

What about San Francisco?"
"What about it?"
"Did you like it?"
She shrugged. "It was O.K."
"Just O.K.?"
She laughed. "Good God!"
"What?"
"You're all alike here."
"How so?" he asked.
"You demand adoration for the place. You're not happy until everybody swears undying love for every nook and cranny of every precious damn --"
"Whoa, missy."
"Well, it's true. Can't you just worship it on your own? Do I have to sign an affadavit?"
He chuckled. "We're that bad, are we?"
"You bet your ass you are.