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“Tom partly uncovered a dismal caricature of a house with two gable ends to it and a corkscrew of smoke issuing from the chimney.” Mark Twain, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” - 1876

“A house cannot be made habitable in a day, and after all, how few days go to make up a century.” Bram Stoker, “Dracula” - 1897

“The age of the skyscraper is gone. This is the age of the housing project. Which is always a prelude to the age of the cave.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self?” Edith Wharton, “The Age of Innocence” - 1920

“Ah, my friend, one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort.” Agatha Christie, “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” - 1920

“Friends come and go, clothing is packed and unpacked, households are continually purged of unnecessary items, and as a result, not much sticks.” Nicholas Sparks, “The Lucky One” - 2008

“His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Hobbit” - 1937

“The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God’s mind—a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you’ve just made a down payment on a house.” Woody Allen, “Getting Even” - 1971

“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.” Kenneth Grahame, “The Wind in the Willows” - 1908

“The house smelled musty and damp, and little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.” Neil Gaiman, “American Gods” - 2001

“The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. I wondered if that was sort of the point of architecture.” John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars” - 2012

“All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a...” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Return of the King” - 1955

“A house can have integrity, just like a person . . . and just as seldom.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

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