Rooming House

Famous quotes containing the words rooming house, rooming and/or house:

    “Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people.... They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.”
    —Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)

    “Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people.... They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.”
    —Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)

    “In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)