"Home, nowadays, is a place where part..." - Quote by Earl Wilson
Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back
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“Our age is very cheap and intelligible. Unroof any house, and you shall find it. The well-being consists in having a sufficiency of coffee and toast, with a daily newspaper; a well glazed parlor, with marbles, mirrors and centre-table; and the excitement of a few parties and a few rides in a year.”
“They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.”
“As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.”
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“My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.”
“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.”
“Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, but never less than they thought we were capable of.”