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“Get rid of things or you'll spend your whole life tidying up.”

Whole Whole Life Tidying Up

Author:Marguerite Duras

“there should be a place for everything, and everything in its place.”

Should Order Organization Organize Housework Workplace Safety Organizing Things Tidying Up Organized Life

Author:Isabella Beeton

“How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.”

Ifs Self Death Students Concepts Dresses Intelligence Intellect Dirty Not Interested Ragged Self Concept Tidying Up

Author:S. I. Hayakawa

“I'm not great around the house, I'm pretty useless. I do little bits, but I never quite finish tidying up - I'll start, but I'll leave things unwashed in the sink. It has been known to irritate people somewhat.”

People Littles Has Beens House Bits Known Little Bit Useless Never Quit Tidying Up

Author:Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

“Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!”

Trying Break Necks Typical Howl Howl's Moving Castle Tidying Up

Author:Diana Wynne Jones

“We knew we were doomed. The kiss was a warm acceptance of years of bickering, years of me consuming foods that I found barely edible and Henry tidying up after someone who already thought she had tidied up. When I kissed Henry I wasn't imagining Ex-boyfriend #13; I was picturing Husband #1.”

Years Found Acceptance Husband Kissing Warm Doomed Exes Consuming Bickering Ex Boyfriend Tidying Up

Book:The Spellmans Strike Again: Document #4

Source: The Spellmans Strike Again: Document #4

“Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska the oil company spent billions tidying up the coastline, but it was a waste of money because the waves were cleaning up faster than Exxon could. Environmentalists can never accept the planet's ability to self-heal.”

“I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.”

Garden Plant Holes Weed Digging Tapping Digging A Hole Tidying Up

Author:Jamaica Kincaid

“There was nothing medieval people liked better, or did better, than sorting out and tidying up. Of all our modern inventions I suspect that they would most have admired the card index.”

People Modern Invention Cards Organized Suspects Medieval Sorting Sorting Out Tidying Up

Book:The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Source: The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

“You are a terror, aren't you? Leave this yard alone. I know just where everything is in it, and I won't be able to find the things I need for my transport spells if you tidy them up.'So there was probably a bundle of souls or a box of chewed hearts somewhere out here, Sophie thought. She felt really thwarted. 'Tidying up is what I'm here for!' she shouted at Howl. 'Then you must think of a new meaning for your life,' Howl said.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Needs Heart Said Soul Able Felt Terror Boxes Spells Yards Transport Sophie Howl Tidy Bundles Tidying Up

Book:Wizard's Castle

Source: Wizard's Castle

“Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end.”

Ends Conscious Tidying Up

Author:Mason Cooley