House Burning

Famous quotes containing the words house and/or burning:

“The house of my body has spoken
often as you rebuild me like blocks,
and promise to come visit
when I’m finally adjusted on safe land,
and am livable, joist to joist
with storm windows and screens ...”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
—Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)