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"Housework, if you do it right, will kill you."
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"In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture."

"You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done."

"I lived in Georgetown in the late '70s about four houses down from the steps."

"There is no problem with the opening of new houses of prayer for Lutherans and Pentecostals."

"I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills."

"If you look across the valley, you can see exactly what I mean: about four beautiful houses, and you think something is happening in each of them. It's like a mural."

"Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator."

"In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive."

"I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others."

"The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor."
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"My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?"


"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'."


"For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward."
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