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Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

Wendell Berry
Fire, House, Relieved
Wendell Berry (2012). “New Collected Poems”, p.148, Counterpoint Press

And so there would always be more to remember that could no longer be seen...our history is always returning to a little patch of weeds and saplings with an old chimney sticking up by itself...and here I look ahead to the resting of my case: I love the house that belonged to the chimney, holding it bright in memory, and love the saplings and the weeds.

Wendell Berry
Weed, Memories, House

One of the strongest of contemporary conventions is that of comparing to Thoreau every writer who has been as far out of the house as the mailbox.

Wendell Berry
House, Conventions, Mailboxes
Wendell Berry (2010). “What Are People For?: Essays”, p.40, Counterpoint Press

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