Apartment Life Quotes

“On summer nights when the windows are open, you can listen in on people's lives—babies crying, kids laughing, radios blaring, mothers yelling, couples fighting. Funny thing is, the sounds are always the same. Even though different people come and go, the sounds stay the same. I like that. It makes me feel a part of something big, something never ending, like the stars.”
― Jackie French Koller, Nothing to Fear: A Heartwarming Story about Family Survival During the Great Depression for Children (Ages 10-12)

“I looked over at the empty, black windows of the Whites' apartment, windows that were warm and yellow just yesterday, and I shivered.”
― Jackie French Koller, Nothing to Fear: A Heartwarming Story about Family Survival During the Great Depression for Children (Ages 10-12)

“There were no sounds tonight. Only the whistle of the wind coming through the alleys. There's something lonely about October with the summer sounds all gone and the cold winter ahead.”
― Jackie French Koller, Nothing to Fear: A Heartwarming Story about Family Survival During the Great Depression for Children (Ages 10-12)

“Funny thing is, the sounds are always the same. Even though different people come and go, the sounds stay the same.”
― Jackie French Koller, Nothing to Fear: A Heartwarming Story about Family Survival During the Great Depression for Children (Ages 10-12)

“I looked at the other squares of yellow that climbed like ladders up the sides of the building. I thought about the people inside, those who are still there. Then I thought about all those who were gone and the others who have come to take their places.”
― Jackie French Koller, Nothing to Fear: A Heartwarming Story about Family Survival During the Great Depression for Children (Ages 10-12)

“後來他亦住進了一迷宮大樓，朋友介紹的住處，公寓五、六樓改建成十三個雅房，曲折的走道連接這些房間，公用衛浴，走道變置物間，月租三千到四千，每個房子配置都一樣，只是方位與大小略有差別。不到三坪的房間，窗戶裝有抽風機一台，有對外窗的四千，沒對外窗三千，單人木板床，牆上有一排掛衣桿，頭頂有日光燈，其他自備。包水電，但沒冷氣，沒網路。
他猜想，監獄也大致是這格局吧，只差沒有放風用的運動場。”
― 陳雪, 摩天大樓