"I’ve been in love with people and ideas in several cities and learned that the lovers I’ve loved and the ideas I’ve embraced depended on where I was, how cold it was, and what I had to do to be able to stand it."
- Eve BabitzAmerican author Eve Babitz is renowned for her evocative depictions of 1960s and later Los Angeles life. She frequently examines issues of love, identity, and the fleeting nature of experience. In one of her reflections, she expresses how our surroundings and the places we live in have a profound im…