House Leaves

Famous quotes containing the words house and/or leaves:

“The scaffolding must be removed once the house is built.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“He, who, in view of its inconsistencies, says of human nature the same that, in view of its contrasts, is said of the divine nature, that it is past finding out, thereby evinces a better appreciation of it than he who, by always representing it in a clear light, leaves it to be inferred that he clearly knows all about it.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)