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“I saw that what had appeared to me to be not worth twenty francs when it had been offered to me for twenty francs…

— Marcel Proust

“A hundred francs! Oh, dear me! It is worth millions of francs, my child. But my -- dealer -- here tells me that in…

— Iain Pears

“The dearest room in this house costs, with board, thirty-five roubles — more than my purse could well afford; whereas MY room costs only…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“when you're cool for twenty, you get paid for twenty-one.”

— Miguel Pinero

“For one thing, the penthouse was simply too big. Besides the seventy-one bedrooms, there were a number of living rooms, dining rooms, breakfast rooms,…

— Lemony Snicket

“Just like a hotel, it's a place to sleep and be, only you don't sleep that much and you're barely a thing at all…

— Exurb1a

“You can pay for whatever you want, but I just want to warn you that I prefer to stay at places that don’t start…

— Elle Lothlorien

“The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”

— Muhammad Ali

“Service is the rent that we pay for our room on earth.”

— Lord Halifax

“No, there's fifteen francs somewhere, which nobody gives a damn about anymore and which nobody is going to get in the end anyhow, but…

— Henry Miller

“In previous years, they might have spent hours in the cellar, on their feet, never seeing the time go by nor feeling their legs,…

— Laurence Cossé

“And if twenty cents can make us feel rich, it’s a cheap price to pay.”

— Betty Smith