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Bay Area Quotes

San Francisco has only one drawback—‘tis hard to leave.

Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King”, p.5055, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

To a traveler paying his first visit, [San Francisco] has the interest of a new planet. It ignores the meteorological laws which govern the rest of the world.

Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1870). “The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle”, p.409, New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press

I fell in love with the most cordial and sociable city in the Union.

Mark Twain, Bernard Taper (1963). “Mark Twain's San Francisco”, p.12, Heyday

The cool, grey city of love.

George Sterling (1921). “Sails and Mirage”

I'm a true native of the Bay Area.

"Bay Area native Jon Huntsman Jr. may run in 2012". Interview with Carla Marinucci, www.sfgate.com. May 25, 2011.