“I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he shewed as a pattern to encourage purchasers.” MenMindHomeHousePiecesHeardSellsPatternsPocketsBricksPurchasers Author:Jonathan Swift
“A tower of illusion, all of it, made of illusory bricks and full of holes. If life were made up only of imporant things, it really would be a dangerous house of glass, scarcely to be handled carelessly. But everyday life was exactly like the headlines. And so everybody, knowing the meaninglessness of existence, sets the centre of his compass at his own home.” IfsMadeHomeWould BeHouseExistenceKnowingDangerousIllusionEverydayGlassesHolesTowersEveryday LifeCentreBricksCompassHeadlinesIllusoryMeaninglessness Book:The Woman in the Dunes Source: The Woman in the Dunes