And I realized that it's not the crime and violence in the city that cause the fear-it's the other way around. Gotta steal it or else I'll never get it. Gotta get them or else they'll get me. Gotta eat it, have it, do it now, or else my one chance will be gone. Gotta look down on everybody or else they'll look down on me.
Fear is the root of all evil.
Works of evil create the climate for more fear. Somewhere along the line, a balance was tipped, and Manhattan began a long, slow slide into the abyss. I said the fear was palpable. It's getting worse. It's about Manhattan.