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It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many read more
It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.
People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.
People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.
A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.
A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.
Culture is one thing and varnish is another.
Culture is one thing and varnish is another.
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, read more
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.
A house is a machine for living in.
A house is a machine for living in.
"What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. read more
"What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life"
Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and read more
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.
