The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion will live here in only the most temporary way. Joan Didion
California is a tragic country – like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Christopher Isherwood
California is a fine place to live – if you happen to be an orange. Fred Allen
California is a queer place – in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort. D H Lawrence
California is where you can’t run any farther without getting wet. Neil Morgan
The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days and more of them, than any other country. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You haven’t lived until you’ve died in California. Mort Sahl
Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread. Jimmy Carter
There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. Edward Abbey
It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year. Truman Capote
There’s nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn’t cure. Ross MacDonald