Retaining Walls

Famous quotes containing the words retaining and/or walls:

“Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.”
—Fawn M. Brodie (1915–1981)

“The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)