“How can a man be said to have a country where he has no right to a square inch of soil…”
Henry George (1839–1897) American economist
Source: Social Problems (1883), Ch. 2 : Political Dangers
“Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except that, well, it was life.”
— Steve Martin, book Shopgirl
Source: Shopgirl
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