Yards Quotes (5 quotes)

“In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer’s yard.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“If you did not keep your yard in reasonable order, then your whole life would be similarly untidy. A messy yard told Mma Ramotswe everything she needed to know about its owner.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

tags: alexander-mccall-smith, messiness, order, untidiness, yards

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“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man’s yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“I’d move to trim the front hedges by hand in an insane act of “yard maintenance.” This act of kaiju sized bonsai left me exhausted to attempt any more complex yard acts, but it did give me time to ponder the control a hand tool can provide.”
― Matt Puchalski, A Pandemic Gardening Journal

tags: gardening, hedgerows, hedges, kaiju, lawn, yard-work, yards

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