“We have to recognise, that the gin-palace, like many other evils, although as poisonous, is still a natural outgrowth of our social conditions. The tap-room in many cases is the poor man's only parlour. Many a man takes to beer, not from the love of beer, but from a natural craving for the light, warmth, company, and comfort which is thrown in along with the beer, and which he cannot get excepting by buying beer. Reformers will never get rid of the drink shop until they can outbid it in the subsidiary attractions which it offers to its customers.” MenStillsLightEvilSocialNaturalPoorRoomsCompanyCasesConditionsDrinkComfortOffersCustomersAttractionBeerBuyingShopsThrownWarmthCravingPalacesRecognisePoor ManPoisonousReformersGinSocial Conditions Book:In Darkest England and the Way Out Source: In Darkest England and the Way Out
“She walked quickly around her one-room apartment. After more than four years in this one home she knew all its possibilities, how it could put on a sham appearance of warmth and welcome when she needed a place to hide in, how it stood over her in the night when she woke suddenly, how it could relax itself into a disagreeable unmade, badly-put-together state, mornings like this, anxious to drive her out and go back to sleep.” YearsStatesHomeTogetherNightWomenSleepRoomsMorningFourPossibilityNeededAppearanceWelcomeRelaxWarmthAnxiousFour YearsApartmentDisagreeable Book:The Magic of Shirley Jackson Source: The Magic of Shirley Jackson
“Have you ever noticed how some rooms exude a certain energy, warmth, and a harmony of spirit? If you have, then you have experienced the language of the home. A language softly spoken, and univerally understood.” IfsHomeSpiritCertainEnergyLanguageRoomsDesignUnderstoodHarmonyWarmthInterior Design Author:Charlotte Moss
“But Shakespeare knows what the sphinx thinks, if anybody does. His genius is penetrative as cold midwinter entering every room, and making warmth shiver in ague fits. I think Shakespeare never errs in his logical sequence in character. He surprises us, seems unnatural to us, but because we have been superficial observers; while genius will disclose those truths to which we are blind.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeHas BeensCharacterSeemsRoomsColdGeniusFitBlindSurpriseLogicalWarmthSuperficialEnteringObserversSequenceUnnaturalShiverSphinxMidwinter Book:A Hero and Some Other Folks Source: A Hero and Some Other Folks