Houghton Hall is a stately home in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, set in 5,800 acres (23 km2). Located on the estate is the village of Sancton. The hall is a Grade I listed building.
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“It seemed like this was one big Prozac nation, one big mess of malaise. Perhaps the next time half a million people gather for a protest march on the White House green it will not be for abortion rights or gay liberation, but because we’re all so bummed out.”
—Elizabeth Wurtzel, U.S. author. Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, p. 298, Houghton Mifflin (1994)
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On every crowded street to stare
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Even like these to rail and sweat
Staring upon his sinewy thigh.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)