“When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down.” WholeDiesHouseParentCardsHouse Of Cards Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“There is laughter that goes so far as to lose all touch with its motive, and to exist only, grossly, in itself. This is laughter at its best. A man to whom such laughter has often been granted may happen to die in a work-house. No matter. I will not admit that he has failed in life. Another man, who has never laughed thus, may be buried in Westminster Abbey, leaving more than a million pounds overhead. What then? I regard him as a failure.” MenMayMatterHappensDiesHouseLosesMillionsLaughterRegardLeavingGrantedMotivePoundsBuriedLaughedAnother ManOverheadAbbeyWestminsterWestminster Abbey Book:And Even Now: And, A Christmas Garland Source: And Even Now: And, A Christmas Garland
“I don't doubt that a man can live perfectly well on his own, but I'm convinced that he begins to die as soon as he closes the door of his house behind him.” MenWellsDiesHouseBehindsDoubtDoorsLonelinessConvinced Author:Jose Saramago
“There must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies. If it weren't for the smell of death clinging to the walls, you might think it was your family's turn to host the month neighborhood potluck supper.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightMovingLawDeathDiesTurnsHouseWallMonthsSmellFiftyNeighborhoodHostClingingSupperUnwrittenPotluck Book:Under the Wolf, Under the Dog Source: Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
“A man is thirty years old before he has any settled thoughts of his fortune; it is not completed before fifty. He falls to building in his old age, and dies by the time his house is in a condition to be painted and glazed.” MenYearsAgeDiesFallHouseConditionsBuildingFortuneOld AgeThirtyFiftyThirty YearsThirty Years Old Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I think the important thing about sisters is that they share the same minute, familiar life-style, the same little sets of rules. Therefore they can keep house with each other late in life, because they share the same bunch of housewifely prejudices. The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.” ThinkingMenLittlesStillsImportantReasonTodayDiesHouseShareMinutesStyleLatePrejudiceImportant ThingsBunchFamiliarRetiringPolishLife Style Author:Margaret Mead
“Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children...If a woman grows weary and, at last, dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die from bearing - she is there to do it.” IfsShouldChildrenStillsMatterHomeLastsDiesHouseGrowsBearsWearyChildbearing Author:Martin Luther
“The soul's house is not built on such a convenient plan; there are few soundproof partitions in it. Only when the conviction - not merely the idea - that the demand of the Spirit, however inconvenient, rules the whole of it, will those objectionable noises die down which have a way of penetrating into the nicely furnished little oratory and drowning all the quieter voices by their din.” WayLittlesIdeasSoulWholeSpiritDiesHouseVoicePlansDemandBuiltConvictionNoiseDrowningConvenientInconvenientOratoryPartition Book:Advent with Evelyn Underhill Source: Advent with Evelyn Underhill
“Tyranny is like the electric wiring in an old house. A tyrant dies, the new tyrant takes possession, and all he has to do is drop the switch.” DiesHousePossessionTyrannyTyrantsElectricWiringOld Houses Author:John le Carre