"And it seems people should not build houses anymore it seems people should stop working and sit in small rooms on second floors under electric lights without shades; it seems there is a lot to forget and a lot not to do and in drugstores, markets, bars, the people are tired, they do not want to move, and I stand there at night and look through this house and the house does not want to be built."

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"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."

"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

"Large families are communities unto their own."

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"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

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"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."

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