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“Houses don't clean themselves, she'd mutter. Sometimes she cleaned the bits she had just cleaned. It wasn't like living in a house, but more…

— Rachel Joyce

“Before picking them up from the hospital, Georgina cleaned the house from top to bottom, especially the table.”

— D.A. Young

“As far as she’s concerned a house should be like a self-cleaning oven; it should take care of itself.”

— A.M. Homes

“By the end, she cleaned the house so much that she had dust in her eyes and her throat, her knees were scrapped a…

— Prerna Varma

“She and her friends would talk about their husbands like they were children, or pets - some strange species responsible for bad smells and…

— Jennifer Weiner

“She was the only one for whom the house didn't have to be cleaned, for whom she didn't have to wear her makeup, and…

— Jodi Picoult

“A tidy house is a sign of a misspent life.”

— Mom

“It was his habit, when he rewrote anything, to shed himself of all earlier versions. He kept a clean house.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“You know, she used to tear down parts of that house and put them back together herself.”

— Eula Biss

“I plucked at my salt-stained shirt and tried to find an air of nonchalance as I prepared to introduce His Most Holy Pain in…

— Kim Harrison

“She had been seized with a sudden existential horror. The house had white carpets and white furniture and, most significantly, no books.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“But Elisabeth..." I held my breath. "She was never a hothouse flower. She is a sturdy oak tree. If her leaves have fallen, then…

— S. Jae-Jones