Figurez-vous qu'elle était debout leur ville, absolument droite. New York c'est une ville debout. On en avait déjà vu nous des villes, et des belles encore, et des ports et des fameux mêmes. Mais chez nous, n'est-ce pas, elles sont couchées les villes, au bord de la mer ou sur les fleuves, elles s'allongent sur le paysage, elles attendent le voyageur, tandis que celle-là l'Américaine, elle ne se pâmait pas, non, elle se tenait bien raide, là, pas baisante du tout, raide à faire peur.
Louis Ferdinand Céline / Voyage au bout de la nuit
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