Housekeeper Quotes

“Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid. In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond all the beaten paths. And it’s not always at the top of the mountain. It might be in a crack on the smoothest cliff or somewhere deep in the valley.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor

“Audrey was a world champion complaint handler, and witnessing her at work was like witnessing Rembrandt paint or Michelangelo sculpt. When most people would lose their shit at some of the ridiculous crap guests tried blaming on hotel staff, Audrey was a consummate professional, and practically a magician.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Do people really trust we’ll never look through their things? Of course they do, the answer came. I never did until today.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Pam dealt with huge amounts of dirty laundry every day, so a fresh stack of neatly folded fear was just one more thing she’d have to manage.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan