House Order

Famous quotes containing the words house and/or order:

    Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    Have you noticed when reading War and Peace the difficulties Tolstoy experienced in forcing morally wounded Bolkonsky to come into geographical and chronological contact with Natasha? It is very painful to watch the way the poor fellow is dragged and pushed and shoved in order to achieve this happy reunion.
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)