“Housework can kill you if done right.”

“You have the right not to be killed, unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat.”

“You see how it is with us? You can't fight it any more than I can. You've tried; you've done everything you can to kill it. But you can't kill my love for you.”

“On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.”

“Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.”

“If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework — you can still be writing, because you have that space.”

“If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.”

“Hochschild’s biggest mistake, though, was one made by almost every popularized housework study: not adequately measuring men’s contribution to work around the home. For example, if mom drives the children to daycare, it’s called housework; if dad drives the family to grandma’s, it isn’t called housework.”

“But what is the benefit (you have done me)? That you did not kill me at Brundisium?”
Sed quo beneficio? quod me Brundisi non occideris?

“Hearing what you've done right is valuable. Hearing what you've done wrong can be priceless.”