“city’ meant two different things – one a physical place, the other a mentality compiled from perceptions, behaviours and beliefs.”
― Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City
― Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City
“Good craftsmanship implies socialism. The workings of a modern Japanese auto plant or a Linux chat room might have expanded their sympathy for collaboration of other sorts, but still, all three disputed the pursuit of quality simply as a means to profit.”
― The Craftsman
― The Craftsman
“It is a great misfortune to have a heart,” said Kitty, with a smile.”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil
“She had an idea that he would welcome an uprush of emotion which would liberate him from this nightmare of resentment, but that, in his pathetic folly, he would fight when it came with all his might against it.”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil
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