What’s in a Room

A Collection of Room Thoughts

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“The room is not only the universe but also the etui of the private person. To live means to leave traces. In the room these are emphasized.” – Walter Benjamin

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“A room is like a violin. One can get to know a violin by practicing on it, a room by living in it.” – Adolf Loos, Interiors in the Rotunda

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“He shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.” – Luke 22:12

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“And women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time, the very walls are permeated by their creative force.” – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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“All the unhappiness of man stems from one thing only, that he is incapable of staying quietly in his room.” – Pascal

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“For myself, I can’t think of anything in the world that is better than a nice room.” – Gustave Flaubert

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“The most important factor here is that you understand that a room is a matter of opinion.” – Fran Lebowitz, A Manual for Landlords

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“A quick memory. I was four years old, sitting quietly on the couch of my family’s living room, waiting for the world to commence.” – B.W. Powe, Outage

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“Very soon, Krantz, very soon. I’m going to be in a room with her. We’re going to be in a room. There’s going to be a room around us.” – Leonard Cohen, The Favourite Game

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“The world has shrunk to the size of this room, and for as long as it takes him to understand it, he must stay where he is. Only one thing is certain: he cannot be anywhere until he is here.” – Paul Auster, The Invention of Solitude

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