Asian chick: I guess upstate is just one big… thing. And the people up there are, like, robots. They have so many rules… And what are they for? I mean, they’re to kill people… And I am anti-violence.
–NYU bus
Overheard by: Moose
Crazy lady to frustrated friends: All she needs to do is fucking die, okay?
–Woodside Station
Overheard by: Jesse
NYU student: Last time I did the Ouija board it told me I was going to die… Then it turned out to be right.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: only cats have nine lives
Conductor: The consequence of using a cell phone in the quiet car is… the death penalty.
–Amtrak to Boston
Five-year-old boy: But Dad, it was a dead gypsy!
–Washington & Rector
Middle-aged woman to younger woman, matter-of-fact: … And it’s not like you meant to kill her. You were just fooling around.
–E 12th St, between 5th Ave & University Pl
Overheard by: Liz A
