This is the age of the apartment. Not only in the great cities, but in the smaller centers of civilization the apartment has come to stay. ... A decade ago the apartment was considered a sorry makeshift in America, though it has been successful abroad for more years than you would believe.

You can't take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.

My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

don't make each room a different color in a small apartment or you'll make yourself nervous.

I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.